- Title: TIMELINE: Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters sixth month
- Date: 21st August 2022
- Summary: Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on July 22 to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease an international food crisis while the United States pledged more military support five months into the invasion. YAKOVLIVKA, UKRAINE (FILE - APRIL 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS IN WHEAT FARMING VILLAGE VELYKYI DALNYK, UKRAINE (FILE - JUNE 23, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COMBINE HARVESTING BARLEY IN FIELDS ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE (FILE - JULY 23, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HARVESTER UNLOADING GRAIN ISTANBUL, TURKEY (FILE - JULY 22, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TURKISH PRESIDENT TAYYIP ERDOGAN, U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES, RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SERGEI SHOIGU, TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTER HULUSI AKAR SIGNING GRAIN-EXPORT DEAL / SHOIGU AND AKAR SHAKING HANDS / EXCHANGING SIGNED COPIES
- 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: LVA01X480927072022RP1
- 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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