- Title: TIMELINE: Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters sixth month
- Date: 21st August 2022
- Summary: Russia said on July 29 that Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory with U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and wounding 75. Ukraine said Russia carried out the strike to falsely incriminate Kyiv. OLENIVKA, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RECENT - JULY 29, 2022) (REUTERS) (GRAPHIC) HOLE IN ROOF OF ONE OF PRISON BUILDINGS / BODY UNDER BURNT BED (GRAPHIC) VARIOUS OF BURNT BODIES NEAR AND ON BURNT BEDS
- 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: LVA01V480927072022RP1
- 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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