A Brief History
On February 24, 2022, days after recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale invasion of Ukraine.
Digging Deeper
Russia’s invasion has had five major phases thus far. The first phase covers the period from February 24th, 2022, when Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine, to April 7th, 2022 when fighting focused away from the northeast and Kyiv and towards the south and east of Ukraine. The second phase covers the period from April 8th, 2022, when the area of heavy fighting shifted to the south and east of Ukraine, to August 28th, 2022, the day before Ukraine announced the start of its Kherson counteroffensive. The third phase covers the period from August 29th, 2022, when Ukraine’s Kherson counteroffensive started, to November 11th, 2022 when Ukrainian troops retook Kherson. The fourth phase covers the period from November 12th, 2022, following the conclusion of Ukraine’s Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives, to June 7th, 2023, the day before the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive began. The fifth phase covers the period from June 8th, 2023, as the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive began, to November 30th, 2023. The sixth phase covers the period from December 1st, 2023 to the present day.
While Ukraine has made some relatively small advances during this ongoing phase, it is unclear what possible affect the Israel-Hamas war that began on October 7th, 2023 will have on the war between Russia and Ukraine as major supporters of Ukraine, such as the United States are now also offering assistance to Israel in a conflict that threatens to escalate beyond Israel and Gaza.
Question for students (and subscribers): What do you think will be the outcome of this invasion? Do you think Russia will succeed in annexing some areas of Ukraine long term? Do you think nuclear weapons will be used before the war has ended? Do you think any NATO countries will become involved militarily? Do you think Putin will lose power before the war concludes? Please let us know in the comments section below this article.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see the YouTube news channel Agenda-Free TV and the Ukraine Latest News Interactive Map for the latest updates as well as the videos “Putin’s Inaccurate Historical Propaganda : The History of the Russian and Ukrainian Relations” and “How Putin is Rebuilding the Russian Empire” for some background information.
The featured image in this article, a map by Viewsridge of the War in Ukraine (2022), is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
