- Title: Timeline of key moments Russia-Ukraine war enters third month
- Date: 1st March 2022
- Summary: Conflict raged near Kyiv on Saturday (March 12) and Ukrainian officials said heavy shelling and threats of Russian air attacks were endangering attempted evacuations of desperate civilians from encircled towns and cities elsewhere. KYIV, UKRAINE (MARCH 12, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOT) VIEW OF KYIV WITH AUDIO OF AIR RAID SIRENS BLARING KYIV, UKRAINE (MARCH 12, 2022) (REUTER
- Embargoed: 15th March 2022 00:10
- Keywords: Russia Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukraine key moments timeline
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- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA015077128022022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: FOR PART 2 OF THE TIMELINE PLEASE SEE EDIT 2195-UKRAINE-CRISIS/INVASION TIMELINE 2
EDITORS NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGE IN SHOT 120
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, calling its action a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine and eradicate what it calls dangerous nationalists backed by an expansionist NATO military alliance. The West and Kyiv accuse President Vladimir Putin of unprovoked aggression.
Wednesday (April 20) marks two months since the start of the war, where about four million Ukrainians have fled their homes, cities have been shattered and thousands have died.
On Saturday (April 16), President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said about 2,500-3,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed so far and up to 20,000 Russian troops.
Moscow has given no updates on its casualties since March 25, when it said 1,351 had died. Western estimates of Russian losses are many times higher.
Ukraine says civilian deaths are impossible to count, estimating at least 20,000 killed in Mariupol alone.
There have been on-off negotiations between Ukraine and Russia since the start of the war.
After failing to overcome Ukrainian resistance in the north, the Russian military has refocused its ground offensive on Donbas while maintaining long-distance strikes elsewhere including the capital, Kyiv.
Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday (April 17) in the pulverized port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the nearly two-month war.
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