Видео в моем тгк в профиле #drone #fpv #kamikaze #ukraine #war On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the war between the two countries that began in 2014.[15][16][17] The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of 2025, troops occupy about 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians had been internally displaced and more than 8.2 million had fled the country by April 2023, creating Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 23 September 2025 (details): Continuously controlled by Ukraine Currently occupied or controlled by Russia Formerly occupied by Russia Date 24 February 2022 – present (3 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Ukraine, Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing (list of engagements · territorial control · timeline of events) Belligerents Russia Donetsk PR[a] Luhansk PR[a] Belarus[b] North Korea Ukraine Commanders and leaders Vladimir Putin Valery Gerasimov Aleksandr Dvornikov Gennady Zhidko #[5] Sergey Surovikin Volodymyr Zelenskyy Oleksandr Syrskyi Valerii Zaluzhnyi Units involved Order of battle Order of battle Strength Pre-invasion at border: 169,000–190,000[c][6][7][8] Pre-invasion total: 900,000 military[9] 554,000 paramilitary[9] In February 2023: 300,000+ active personnel in Ukraine[10] In June 2024: 700,000 active personnel in the area[11] Pre-invasion total: 196,600 military[12] 102,000 paramilitary[12] July 2022 total: up to 700,000[13] September 2023 total: over 800,000[14] Casualties and losses Reports vary widely, see § Casualties for details. In late 2021, Russia massed troops near Ukraine's borders and issued demands to the West including a ban on Ukraine ever joining the NATO military alliance.[18] After repeatedly denying having plans to attack Ukraine, on 24 February 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation", saying that it was to support the Russian-backed breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, whose paramilitary forces had been fighting Ukraine in the war in Donbas since 2014. Putin espoused irredentist and imperialist views challenging Ukraine's legitimacy as a state, baselessly claimed that the Ukrainian government were neo-Nazis committing genocide against the Russian minority in the Donbas, and said that Russia's goal was to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.[19][20][21][22][23] Russian air strikes and a ground invasion were launched on a northern front from Belarus towards the capital Kyiv, a southern front from Crimea, and an eastern front from the Donbas towards Kharkiv. Ukraine enacted martial law, ordered a general mobilisation, and severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Russian troops retreated from the north and the outskirts of Kyiv by April 2022, after encountering stiff resistance and logistical challenges. The Bucha massacre was uncovered after their withdrawal. Russia launched an offensive in the Donbas and captured Mariupol after a destructive siege. Russia continued to bomb military and civilian targets far from the front, and struck the energy grid during winter months. In late 2022, Ukraine launched successful counteroffensives in the south and east, liberating most of Kharkiv Oblast. Soon after, Russia illegally annexed four partly-occupi. In November, Ukraine liberated Kherson. In June 2023, Ukraine launched another counteroffensive in the southeast but made few gains. After small but steady Russian advances in the east in the first half of 2024, Ukraine launched a cross-border offensive into Russia's Kursk Oblast in August. The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that Russia is committing severe human rights violations in occupied Ukraine. The direct cost of the war for Russia has been over US$450 billion.[24][25][26] - @svinorezrus