- Title: Timeline: Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters 100th day
- Date: 19th April 2022
- Summary: Drone footage filmed on Friday (April 15) showed damage of the Ilyich Steel Plant in the port city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, which has been the scene of fierce battles between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces defending the city. MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (APRIL 15, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF DAMAGED ILYICH STEEL PLANT Drone footage showed trenches said to be dug by Russian soldiers in the defunct power station north of Kyiv on Saturday (April 16). Russian forces occupied the Chornobyl plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, on February 24 but they had left the plant and were heading towards the border with Belarus in March. Radiation levels at Chornobyl had increased due to heavy military vehicles disturbing the soil, Ukraine’s state nuclear inspectorate said on 25 February. But details of exactly what happened had not emerged. CHORNOBYL EXLUSION ZONE, UKRAINE (APRIL 16, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF TRENCHES SAID TO BE DUG BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN AN AREA WITH HIGH LEVEL OF RADIATION CALLED "THE RED FOREST" NEAR CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT VARIOUS OF SIGN AT RED FOREST READING (English): "STOP" VARIOUS OF DESTROYED VAN ABANDONED NEAR RED FOREST VIEW OF THIRD REACTOR BLOCK AND THE NEW SAFE CONFINEMENT STRUCTURE (NSC) OVER THE OLD SARCOPHAGUS COVERING THE DAMAGED FOURTH REACTOR AT CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
- Embargoed: 3rd May 2022 05:10
- Keywords: Biden Bucha Johnson Mariupol NATO Putin Russian invasion of Ukraine Stoltenberg Ukraine Volodymyr Zeleskiy mass graves
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA015219517042022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: FOR PART 1 OF THE TIMELINE PLEASE SEE EDIT 0771-UKRAINE-CRISIS/INVASION-TIMELINE
EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
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: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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