[211] Ilia Somolienko, deputy commander of the remaining Ukrainian troops barricaded at Azovstal, said: "We are basically here dead men. [93] By 7 April, Russian troops deployed to the northern front by the Russian Eastern Military District pulled back from the Kyiv offensive, apparently to resupply and redeploy to the Donbas region to reinforce the renewed invasion of south-eastern Ukraine. Asked what he would say to Putin if he was considering such action, Biden replied, 'Don't. A second axis, deployed towards eastern Kyiv from Russia by the Central Military District (north-eastern front), comprised the 41st Combined Arms Army and the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army. Later that day, minister of defence Sergei Shoigu stated that 300,000 reservists would be called on a compulsory basis. [97] Following Putin's Victory Day speech in early May, US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said no short term resolution to the invasion should be expected. For other invasions, see, World maps of countries sending military aid to Ukraine, Russian announcement of a "special military operation", Initial invasion of Ukraine (24 February 7 April), Southeastern front (8 April 5 September), Russian annexations and Ukrainian counterattacks (6 September 11 November 2022), Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Battle of Bakhmut and Russian entrenchments (12 November 2022 present), The Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic were Russian-controlled puppet states that declared their independence in May 2014. Everything now depends on what [the west] gives us. Putin's War in Syria. The Telegraph. For Russia, the world's largest country by landmass, which bestrides Europe and Asia and encompasses forests, lakes, rivers, frozen steppes, and mountains, the problems come by land as well as by. CBS News Videos. Ukraine agreed in 1994 to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and dismantle the nuclear weapons in Ukraine left by the USSR. [83] The Russian invasion was unexpectedly met by fierce Ukrainian resistance. [266], On 6 September 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a surprise counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region,[267] beginning near Balakliia. Ukraine war latest: Russia makes first comments on missile strikes Russias wars of choiceunprovoked offensive warsthat ended in quagmires or defeat have tended to have catastrophic results, he says. 21 September. [324], Following defeat in Kherson and Kharkiv, Russian and Wagner forces have focused on taking the city of Bakhmut and breaking the half year long stalemate that has prevailed there since the start of the war. By David Sanger. Russian forces continued to advance on Kyiv from the northwest, capturing Bucha, Hostomel, and Vorzel by 5 March,[128][129] though Irpin remained contested as of 9 March. [181] On 2 March, Russian forces were repelled from Sievierodonetsk during an attack against the city. [377] On 21 November, CNN reported that an intelligence assessment had concluded that Iran planned to help Russia begin production of Iran-designed drones in Russia. The Institute for the Study of War said it believed Kupiansk would likely fall in the next 72 hours,[309] while Russian reserve units were sent to the area by both road and helicopter.
