- Title: TIMELINE: Ukraine conflict in 2023, a look back at 500 days of war.
- Date: 15th February 2023
- Summary: Fighters of the two groups that claimed responsibility for the Belgorod raid - the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) and Freedom of Russia Legion - held a news conference in a forest clearing in northern Ukraine, near the Russian border on Wednesday (May 24). NEAR RUSSIAN BORDER, NORTHERN UKRAINE, UKRAINE (FILE - MAY 24, 2023) (REUTERS) BANNER OF THE FREEDOM OF RUSSIA LEGION F
- Embargoed: 1st March 2023 18:46
- Keywords: Bakhmut Donetsk Kyiv Moscow Russia Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy conflict war
- Location: VARIOUS
- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA00X891026122022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT IS A WRAP AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY FRESH MATERIAL / SEE EDIT 4809-UKRAINE-CRISIS/TIMELINE-2022 FOR EARLIER TIMELINE
July 8 (Saturday) marks the 500th day of the war in Ukraine.
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what President Vladimir Putin described as a "special military operation."
According to the UN, more than nine thousand civilians have been killed since the invasion.
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