TIMELINE: Putin's key remarks since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine

Record ID: 1671519

  • Title: TIMELINE: Putin's key remarks since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine
  • Date: 5th May 2022
  • Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a special military operation in Ukraine's Donbas region in the early hours of Thursday morning (February 24) and told the Ukrainian military to lay down their weapons and go home. In a special televised address on Russian state TV, Putin said Russia has been left with no choice but to defend itself against what he said were threa
  • Embargoed: 19th May 2022 16:05
  • Keywords: Bucha Easter Kyiv Putin Russia Ukraine conflict invasion war
  • Location: VARIOUS, RUSSIA; VARIOUS, UKRAINE
  • City: VARIOUS, RUSSIA; VARIOUS, UKRAINE
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001430627042022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS GRAPHIC CONTENT IN SHOTS 31, 32; THIS EDIT IS A TIMELINE OF PREVIOUS EVENTS AND CONTAINS NO NEW FOOTAGE.
    Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a military operation in Ukraine's Donbas region in the early hours of February 24, 2022, and told the Ukrainian military to lay down their weapons and go home.
    Western countries have since imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia's corporate and financial system, sparking a fight between Russia and several European countries it supplies with natural gas.
    Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation" to disarm its neighbour and protect its Russian-speaking population from "fascists". Kyiv and the West say the fascist allegation is a baseless pretext for an unprovoked act of aggression.
    Thousands of military personnel on both sides have been reported killed since the fighting began - although exact figures are unknown.
    It has also been reported that over 3,000 civilians have lost their lives in Ukraine.
    According to the UN, more than 12 million people are thought to have been forced from their homes: 6.5 million have been displaced within Ukraine and a further 5.6 million people have fled to neighbouring countries - with Poland taking the vast majority.
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