A look at some of the main events in the year since Russia launched its invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
The war in Ukraine that began a year ago has killed thousands, forced millions to flee their homes, reduced entire cities to rubble and has fueled fears the confrontation could slide into an open conflict between Russia and NATO.On Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin launches an invasion of Ukraine from the north, east and south.
The Russian army soon gets stuck near Kyiv, and its convoys — stretching along highways leading to the Ukrainian capital — become easy prey for Ukrainian artillery and drones.Russian's army tanks move down a street on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022.
Dmytro Kozatski/Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP, FileOn May 18, Finland and Sweden submit their applications to join NATO in a major blow to Moscow over the expansion of the military alliance.NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg displays documents as Sweden and Finland applied for membership in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 2022.More Western weapons flow into Ukraine, including U.S.-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers.
On Sept. 21, Putin orders mobilization of 300,000 reservists, an unpopular move that prompts hundreds of thousands of Russian men to flee to neighboring countries to avoid recruitment. At the same time, Russia hastily stages illegal"referendums" in Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions on whether to become part of Russia. The votes are widely dismissed as a sham by Ukraine and the West.
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