- Title: Timeline: Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters 100th day
- 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) (REUTERS) KYIV SUNRISE WITH AUDIO OF GUNFIRE Russian rocket attacks destroyed a Ukrainian airbase near the town of Vasylkiv in the Kyiv region on Saturday (March 12) morning, Interfax Ukraine quoted the local mayor as saying. Fighting raged northwest of Kyiv on Saturday, with the bulk of Russian ground forces 25 km (16 miles) from the centre of the Ukrainian capital, while several other cities were encircled and under heavy shelling, the UK Defence Ministry said. VASYLKIV, UKRAINE (MARCH 12, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIRE AT AIRFIELD / SMOKE BILLOWING IRPIN, UKRAINE (MARCH 12, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF UKRAINIAN SERVICEMEN ESCORTING PEOPLE ACROSS MAKESHIFT BRIDGE AND DAMAGED ROAD VARIOUS OF WOMAN USING A WALKING STICK BEING HELPED ACROSS A MAKESHIFT BRIDGE 96 VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CROSSING MAKESHIFT BRIDGE UKRAINIAN SERVICEMAN CARRYING A GUN WALKING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CROSSING/ UKRAINIAN SERVICEMEN HELPING PEOPLE AND GESTURING THE "V" SIGN
- 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 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.
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