On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri
Aftermath of the invasion at Bucha, 4 April 2022
Russian military build-up around Ukraine as of 3 December 2021
Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on 12 January 2022
Luhansk power station after being shelled by Russian-backed forces in the Donbas, 22 February 2022
In March and April 2021, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crim
Sergey Karaganov, who is considered close to Putin, formulated many of the core ideas that led to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
An Iskander-M, launched in 2018
The Kaliningrad, a Ropucha-class landing ship, was among the six landing ships which departed for Sevastopol on 8 February 2022.