February 24, 2022

Russia invades Ukraine. The evacuation of the Ukrainian population effectively begins on the same day. Here, a child sits in a refugee bus in the city of Lysychansk.

February 27, 2022

The world protests Vladimir Putin's indiscriminate and unjustified act of aggression. Demonstrations take place in major cities around the globe, including London where thousands of Ukrainians and their supporters gather at Trafalgar Square.

March 1, 2022

President Zelenskyy (seen on screen) gives a live video address during a special plenary session of the European Parliament focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

March 7, 2022

A resident uses a dustpan and broom (top) to clear the debris from an apartment as another looks out of the destroyed front of a room in a multi-story building in Kramatorsk, badly damaged as a result of a Russian missile explosion. On April 8, Kramatorsk is the scene of an atrocity after a missile strike hits the railway station, killing at least 50 civilians who are trying to evacuate to safety.

March 30, 2022

A member of the Ukrainian special forces is seen in silhouette as he stands while a gas station burns after Russian attacks in the city of Kharkiv.

April 18, 2022

Smoke rises on the horizon following Russian missile strikes on Lviv, which leave six dead and eight wounded. The attack comes in the wake of the sinking of the Moskva, flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet.

May 10, 2022

The Azovstal iron and steel factory in Mariupol becomes a symbol of national resistance as Ukraine fighters hold back Russian forces for months. The city eventually falls after weeks of bombardment that kills thousands of civilians.

June 13, 2022

A view of Sievierodonetsk, as seen from Lysychansk. Ukraine forces would lose control of Lysychansk in July after weeks of bloody fighting.

July 21, 2022

After effectively blockading the movement of grain shipments out of ports in and around Odesa, Russia finally allows Ukraine to export this vital cargo across the Black Sea.

September 14, 2022

President Zelenskyy attends a flag hoisting ceremony in Izium after Ukrainian forces take control of the city from Russian forces.

September 30, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen in Moscow's Red Square addressing the nation as he announces the annexation of four regions of Ukraine—Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia.

October 8, 2022

Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch Bridge that links Crimea to Russia after a truck exploded igniting a huge fire and damaging the key structure. Russia accuses Ukraine of sabotage.

October 17, 202

Russia is accused of using Iranian-made drones to launch missile attacks, with many finding their mark on civilian targets.

December 2, 2022

Russian military personnel who were captured in Ukrainian territory are taken care of by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

January 1, 2023

A Ukrainian missile strike on a building in Makiivka occupied by members of Russia's armed forces on temporary deployment kills 89 conscripts.

February 8, 2023

President Zelenskyy makes a surprise visit to the United Kingdom where he meets Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and later addresses parliamentarians in Westminster Hall.

During his time in London, Zelenskyy also has an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.

February 20, 2023

President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, for the first time since the full-scale war began and just days before the anniversary of Russia's invasion. Biden's personal visit is a huge symbolic gesture of American support for Zelenskyy, and he backed it up with an impressive number: the US committed to providing Ukraine with a new military aid package worth US$500 million. The Biden administration then announced additional security assistance for Ukraine totaling $2 billion.

March 11, 2023

Hundreds of combatants from both sies were reported killed over a 24-hour period as the Battle of Bakhmut intensified. One of the most destructive battles of the war so far was described by some military analysts as the bloodiest since the Second World War.

April 21, 2023

Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO, announced that "all NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member," once the war with Russia was over.

April 28, 2023

Russia launched airstrikes on multiple cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Poltava, Mykolaiv and Uman. The attack on Uman (pictured) left at least 23 dead after two missiles hit an apartment block.

May 3, 2023

Two explosive drones allegedly targeted the Kremlin in Moscow and were shot down. The incident was caught on CCTV. The Kremlin accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin, although the Russian president was not present in the building at the time. Image: CCTV

May 15, 2023

Six days after the US Defense Department announced a new security assistance package worth US$1.2 billion, 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks arrived at Grafenwoehr, Germany for use in training of Ukrainian troops. Image: US Army

May 21, 2023

After 10 months of fighting, Russian forces, spearheaded by Wagner Group mercenaries, claimed victory in Bakhmut. In an interview to AFP, President Zelenskyy lamented: "For today, Bakhmut is only in our hearts," adding that "nothing" was left of the city. Al Jazeera reported two days later that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, said that 20,000 of his fighters died in the battle for the city, and acknowledged that the Russian military had killed civilians.

June 6, 2023

Ukraine accused Russia of blowing up the Kakhovka Dam along the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast. Massive flooding ensued, submerging over 3,000 homes and killing at least 58 people. The environmental costs of the attack were considerable.

June 8, 2023

Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive against Russian forces occupying its territory began. President Putin confirmed as much, but in the same breath said that Russia would begin deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

June 21, 2023

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted that the counteroffensive was progressing "slower than desired" while also affirming that Ukraine will "advance on the battlefield the way we deem best." He delivered a speech via videolink on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference on June 21, 2023 in London, England. Leaders and representatives from more than 60 countries were in London for a two-day conference to secure funding to help Ukraine recover from the ravages of war.

June 23, 2023

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin announced a mutiny against the Russian military leadership. Wagner soldiers entered Rostov Oblast and threatened to advance on Moscow. In exchange for withdrawing his forces from Rostov, Prigozhin had all charges against him and his followers dropped, and was granted exile in Belarus. He was killed in a plane crash on August 23.

June 27, 2023

A Russian missile targeted a restaurant in Kramatorsk killing 13 people, including Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina, and injuring 60.

July 11–12, 2023

NATO member states attending the 2023 Vilnius summit affirmed their support for Ukraine becoming part of the alliance, pending certain conditions. Among the keynote speakers was Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

July 19, 2023

Russia launched a new wave of airstrikes on Odesa. The city had always been one of the Kremlin's key objectives. The historic Orthodox Holy Transfiguration Cathedral was among buildings damaged. The city was targeted for several days

September 6, 2023

A Russian missile strike on the central market of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, killed at least 17 people including a child, and injured 33 others.

September 27, 2023

Ukrainian forces retook Klishchiivka, a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Klishchiivka was a frontline location during the Battle of Bakhmut.

November 2, 2023

According to a statement delivered by Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine sustained its most extensive Russian artillery bombardment of 2023 over the last 24 hours. At least 118 settlements in 10 regions were shelled, with children and their parents or guardians from 66 settlements in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast alone evacuated.

December 1, 2023

In an interview with the Associated Press in Kharkiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that the Ukrainian counteroffensive "did not achieve the desired results," and said the war had entered a new phase with the winter season.

4th December, 2023

The Biden administration warned that funding for Ukrainian military aid would run out by the end of the year and requested more funding from Congress. On December 6, the Senate blocked a funding bill that included aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, with every Republican senator voting against it. On the same day, Ukraine requested more weapons from the United States.

December 12, 2023

The Biden administration did, however, push through a new aid package to Ukraine valued at US$200 million. This was announced during President Zelenskyy's meeting with Joe Biden at the White House.

December 20, 2023

The Ukrainian military acknowledged that Russian forces had advanced by nearly 1.2 miles (2 km) in parts of the Avdiivka sector in the past two months.

December 29, 2023

In the early morning hours of December 29, Russia launched what was seen to be the largest wave of missiles and drones yet seen in the conflict. Hundreds of missiles and drones hit the capital Kyiv and other cities across the country.

January 12, 2024

During a visit to Kyiv, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced £2.5 billion (nearly US$3.1 billion) in military support for Ukraine in the next financial year. The aid package was earmarked for the manufacture and purchase of drones, munitions, maritime security, and humanitarian aid.

January 24, 2024

A Russian IL-76 military transport plane carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian POWs according to Russian officials, crashed in Yablonovo, Belgorod Oblast, killing everyone on board. It's likely that a Ukraine missile downed the aircraft in the belief that it was transporting S-300 missiles. Pictured is a church service for those who lost their lives in the incident.

February 13, 2024

The US Senate finally passed a U$95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

February 16, 2024

President Zelenskyy arrived in Germany to sign a bilateral security deal and aid package with the German government worth €8.14 billion. Later in the day, Zelenskyy signed a 10-year bilateral security deal with President Macron in France that would provide Ukraine with €3 billion of aid in 2024.

February 17, 2024

After launching an offensive aimed at capturing Avdiivka in October 2023, Russian forces finally took the Ukrainian town on February 17. The conquest of Avdiivka represented a strategic and symbolic victory for Russia, strengthening its defense of the regional capital, Donetsk.

February 24, 2024

Two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war has broadly reached a stalemate, despite Russian attempts to advance in the eastern Donbas region and Ukrainian attacks in the south. Pictured is an elderly woman walking among the graves along the Alley of Heroes where Ukrainian soldiers who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war are buried, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.

November 17, 2024

Joe Biden authorized Ukraine's use, in Russia, of the American Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), as 50,000 North Korean soldiers were being deployed to Kursk, in the southern part of Russia, in response to Ukraine’s counteroffensive. As Moscow attempted to regain control of the region, the US hoped that the use of ATACMS would allow Ukraine to hold on to Kursk.

February 28, 2025

Donald Trump met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. The meeting, which was described as tense and heated, centered around the future of US military aid to Ukraine. Following the exchange, Trump decided to suspend shipments of aid until Zelenskyy made a clear commitment to pursuing peace talks. This move marked a significant shift in US policy, as Trump applied pressure on Ukraine to enter negotiations with Russia, leveraging the threat of further losses on the battlefield.

March 11, 2025

Ukraine carried out its largest drone attack on Moscow overnight on March 11, with at least 91 drones targeting the Russian capital. The assault killed at least three people, ignited fires, and disrupted air travel, forcing airport closures and dozens of flight diversions, according to Russian officials

Russia’s defense ministry reported that a total of 337 Ukrainian drones were shot down across the country, including 91 over the Moscow region and 126 over Kursk, the latter where Ukrainian forces have been retreating.

April 24, 2025

At least 13 people were killed and more than 80 injured after a wave of Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on April 24 in one of the heaviest attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months. The overnight assault triggered explosions across several districts, with residents woken abruptly by air raid sirens and the sound of anti-aircraft fire.

Kyiv’s mayor said emergency crews were still pulling survivors from the rubble, as homes, vehicles, and buildings burned or collapsed due to falling debris. Among the injured were reportedly six children and a pregnant woman. The attack also targeted Kharkiv and other cities.

May 25, 2025

Russia carried out its largest aerial offensive since the war began, launching 367 drones and missiles overnight that struck over 30 Ukrainian towns and villages, according to Ukrainian authorities. The attack left at least 12 people dead and dozens more wounded.