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Evidence of Atrocities Province of Kherson: Ebruary

The document outlines key events in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict from February to September 2022, highlighting significant military actions and territorial changes. Ukrainian forces demonstrated resilience against Russian advances, with notable moments including the defense of Kyiv, the fall of Mariupol, and the recapture of territories in Kharkiv. The document also touches on the humanitarian impact of the war and the international response to the invasion.

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Evidence of Atrocities Province of Kherson: Ebruary

The document outlines key events in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict from February to September 2022, highlighting significant military actions and territorial changes. Ukrainian forces demonstrated resilience against Russian advances, with notable moments including the defense of Kyiv, the fall of Mariupol, and the recapture of territories in Kharkiv. The document also touches on the humanitarian impact of the war and the international response to the invasion.

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February

Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, from the north in an
attempt to overthrow President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government. With
Ukrainian troops outgunned and outnumbered, many military experts
expected the attack to succeed swiftly. But after weeks of fighting,
Russia retreated, stymied by ferocious Ukrainian resistance. Evidence of
atrocities emerged in the wake of the retreat.
March
Russian forces attacking from the south took the province of Kherson.
The advance was part of an attempt to secure Ukraine’s Black Sea coast
and form a land bridge between the region of Crimea, which Russia
illegally annexed in 2014, and breakaway republics that were set up with
Moscow’s backing that year in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk
regions.
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April
In early April, a Russian missile strike on a train station in Kramatorsk, a
city in Donetsk, killed more than 50 civilians. The attack came at the
start of a Russian offensive to seize all of Donetsk and Luhansk, together
known as Donbas.
May
The last Ukrainian fighters surrendered to Russian forces in Mariupol, a
port city and industrial hub on the Sea of Azov. Russian forces shattered
the city during weeks of bombardment that killed thousands of civilians.
The fighting ended with a siege of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
plant, which became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance.
June
Ukrainian forces raised a flag over Snake Island, a sliver of land in the
Black Sea off the Ukrainian city of Odesa. Russian forces had captured
the island at the start of the conflict, exposing Ukraine’s coast to missile
attacks and a potential ground invasion. By driving Russian troops from
the island — two months after sinking the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea
fleet, the Moskva — Ukraine eased the threat to Odesa further dented
Moscow’s aura of naval power.
July
After weeks of artillery bombardment and street fighting, the last city
under Ukrainian control in Luhansk, Lysychansk, fell to Russia. In the
weeks that followed, however, Moscow made only minimal progress in its
effort to secure the rest of Donbas.
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August
In late August, Ukraine said it had launched a counteroffensive in the
southern region of Kherson. The buildup to the attack had taken weeks,
during which Ukraine deployed newly arrived missile systems supplied
by the United States and other Western countries to destroy Russian
ammunition dumps and other military infrastructure. Ukraine
also attacked a Russian air base in Crimea.
September
In a rapid offensive, Ukraine recaptured much of the northeastern
Kharkiv region, including the city of Izium, which had been a key Russian
logistics hub. The advance, which continues, enabled Kyiv to seize the
momentum in the war.
Matthew Mpoke Bigg is a correspondent covering international news. He previously
worked as a reporter, editor and bureau chief for Reuters and did postings in Nairobi,
Abidjan, Atlanta, Jakarta and Accra.

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