- Title: TIMELINE: Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters sixth month
- Date: 21st August 2022
- Summary: NATO rejects Ukraine's appeal for no-fly zones, saying they would escalate the conflict. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (FILE - MARCH 4, 2022) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY BLINKEN, SAYING: “The only way to actually implement something like a no-fly zone is to send NATO planes into Ukrainian air space and to shoot down Russian planes and that could lead to a full-fledged war, in Europe. President Biden has been clear that we are not going to get into a war with Russia." Police detained more than 4,300 people on March 6 at Russia-wide protests against President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, according to an independent protest monitoring group. Dozens of protesters in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg were shown being detained, with one protester beaten on the ground by police in riot gear. YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA (FILE - MARCH 6, 2022) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) POLICE OFFICERS STOOD OVER A PROTESTER LYING IN THE SNOW, BEATING HIM WITH BATONS AND KICKING HIM INCLUDING BLOWS TO THE HEAD Residents escape heavy shelling in the city of Irpin, just outside Kyiv. IRPIN, UKRAINE (FILE - MARCH 6, 2022) (REUTERS) JOURNALISTS ENTERING BUILDING ON FIRE / LOCAL MAN SAYING THEY HAVE TO LEAVE LOCAL MAN EXITING BUILDING / SOUND OF SHELLING EXPLODING PEOPLE RUNNING WITH CHILDREN, PETS AND BAGS / BUILDING ON FIRE MILITARY HELPING PEOPLE PASS OVER A FALLEN TREE IRPIN, UKRAINE (FILE - MARCH 8, 2022) (REUTERS) POLICE OFFICER HOLDING CRYING BABY SON, BABY HITTING POLICE OFFICER’S HELMET IRPIN, UKRAINE (FILE - MARCH 12, 2022) (REUTERS) UKRAINIAN SERVICEMEN ESCORTING PEOPLE ACROSS MAKESHIFT BRIDGE AND DAMAGED ROAD WOMAN USING A WALKING STICK BEING HELPED ACROSS MAKESHIFT BRIDGE Deep under the streets of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine hundreds of people sheltered from fierce Russian bombardment, occupying the Heroiv Pratsi metro station. KHARKIV, UKRAINE (FILE - MARCH 11, 2022) (REUTERS) PEOPLE SITTING AT METRO STATION, SURROUNDED BY THEIR BELONGINGS PEOPLE LAYING DOWN ON PLATFORM NEXT TO TRAIN ELDERLY WOMAN LAYING DOWN, COVERED WITH BLANKET, NEXT TO OTHER PEOPLE
- Embargoed: 5th September 2022 00:29
- Keywords: Donbas Kyiv Luhansk Mariupol Moscow Poland Russia Russian invasion Ukraine Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelenskiy bombing evacuation explosion refugees shelling six months war
- Location: VARIOUS
- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA00F480927072022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES AND PROFANE LANGUAGE / THIS IS A WRAP AND CONTAINS NO NEW MATERIAL
EDITORS NOTE: PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PROFILES AND TIMELINES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO COINCIDE WITH THE SIX MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONFLICT: 4205-UKRAINE-CRISIS/GRAIN-TIMELINE; 0008-UKRAINE-CRISIS/MARIUPOL-TIMELINE; 4306 UKRAINE-CRISIS/PUTIN-TIMELINE; 8206-UKRAINE-CRISIS/ZELENSKIY-PROFILE
Wednesday (August 24) marks six months since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee since Russia launched its invasion on February 24, saying it aimed to demilitarise Ukraine and protect Russian speakers on what Russian President Vladimir Putin called historical Russian land.
Ukraine and Western countries view it as a war of conquest aimed at wiping out Ukraine's national identity.
More than 10.5 million people have crossed the border from Ukraine since Russia's invasion, the United Nations Refugee agency UNHCR said on its website on August 9.
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