- Title: Timeline: Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters 100th day
- Date: 19th April 2022
- Summary: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday (April 4) that Western accusations that its soldiers killed civilians in Northern Ukraine were false. MOSCOW, RUSSIA (APRIL 4, 2022) (AGENCY POOL) (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING: "We will expose such fakes as we did in early March with the situation which was presented as a tragedy at a maternity hospital in Mariupol. As well as now, when the Russian armed forces within the framework of reconfiguration of their presence, on March 30 left the Bucha town area. For the next three days the local mayor appeared on TV and said that the town would return to normal life, the armed forces of Ukraine were present over there, the streets without any corpses have been shown. And then three days later they apparently decided to stage this show."
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- Keywords: Biden Bucha Johnson Mariupol NATO Putin Russian invasion of Ukraine Stoltenberg Ukraine Volodymyr Zeleskiy mass graves
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- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
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- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: FOR PART 1 OF THE TIMELINE PLEASE SEE EDIT 0771-UKRAINE-CRISIS/INVASION-TIMELINE
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Russia is heading into the 100th day of its invasion of Ukraine on Saturday (June 4) with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.
After abandoning its assault on the capital, Kyiv, Russia is pressing on in the east and south in the face of mounting sanctions and a fierce Ukrainian counter-offensive bolstered by Western arms.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, calling its action a special military operation to demilitarise Ukraine and eradicate what it calls dangerous nationalists backed by an expansionist NATO military alliance. The West and Kyiv accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of unprovoked aggression.
On May 20th, the last of the Ukrainian fighters holding out at Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks surrendered to Russian forces, Russia's defence ministry said.
On May 28th, Ukraine said its forces may need to retreat from their last pocket of resistance in Luhansk to avoid being captured by Russian troops pressing a rapid advance in the east that has shifted the momentum of the three-month-old war. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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