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
Russian military build-up around Ukraine as of 3 December 2021
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.
Many states, international organizations, and civil society actors worldwide had expressed their reactions to the then-escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine that started in March 2021. The cris
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Kyiv on 17 January 2022
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 2 December 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video call with U.S. President Joe Biden on 7 December 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at conference 10 January 2022 regarding a potential Russian invasion