One of the greatest wars of the twenty-first century has still been going on in the land of Ukraine.
On February 24, 2022, the Russian military army crossed the border of the independent country to occupy the territories and overthrow the legitimately elected government. Below there will be a summary of what happened in 3 months of the war in Ukraine.
These long three months started on February 24 at 3:40 a.m. Russian military army collaborated with the Belorussian government to attack Ukraine from the sky, land, and the sea. In the very beginning, a lot of peaceful citizens moved to the Western regions of Ukraine to be away from the Russian border. Over time, some people have begun to return to their cities, but another group of Ukrainians went to the foreign countries as refugees.
Statista Research Department published statistics of the most popular countries among Ukrainian refugees from February 24 to June 7. The total number of people who crossed the Ukrainian border during the war in Ukraine is 7.2 million, the biggest part of which is located in Poland.
|
Country |
People coming from Ukraine |
People coming to Ukraine |
|
Poland |
3 817.56 |
1 675.45 |
|
Russia |
1 116.39 |
No data |
|
Hungary |
731.1 |
No data |
|
Romania |
613.44 |
304.73 |
|
Moldova |
491.14 |
118.17 |
|
Slovakia |
484.66 |
215.37 |
|
Belarus |
16.65 |
No data |
According to the Ukraine news war, the Russian government has departed a significant part of Ukrainian citizens to its territory from hot spots like Mariupol.
To fully understand what is happening right now in Ukraine and see the chance of Ukraine winning this war it is important to know the main details and periods. Below, we listed the most important events, results, and losses in each of the three months of the war. War in Ukraine today is not only an armed war but also informational and diplomatic conflict. Results on all fronts are summed up further in this article.
The world saw the first sign of the danger on February 21, when the President of the Russian Federation announced an independent status of the occupied regions earlier in 2014 – so-called Donetsk National Republic (DNR) and Lugansk National Republic (LNR). The Ukrainian government kept calming the citizens not to spread the panic.
On February 22, the Russian parliament made permission for Putin to make a military invasion. However, the diplomatic and political rejoinder came immediately from European Union and NATO. Full-blocking sanctions and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline at the moment showed up the seriousness of the European government’s approach.
However, even such confident steps against Russia did not mean even a little chance to stop war in Ukraine.
On 23 February, the EU Parliament froze the 351 Russian MPs’ assets. This was the last try before the full-scale attack on Ukraine.
On 24 February, Ukrainian people woke up to the sounds of bombs exploding and a sky attack from the Russians. Three days – it was the planning term of the Russian president to take over control of Ukraine. There were many different predictions from the war experts and not all of them included the victory of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army and the government proved to the world that the power of this country is underestimated.
Since the very beginning, the countries worldwide have been supporting Ukraine by giving heavy weapons, diplomatically, and politically. At the end of February 2022, the EU Parliament approved the €500 million supporting pack for the Ukrainian army. The general financial support from the EU counties is currently calculated to be over €4.5 billion.
The Russian army made the second try at attacking Kyiv. At the same time, the occupants had been in adjacent territories like Buch and Irpin. The state prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova stated that the total number of visuals proof of Russian soldiers killing the citizens is over 7 000. The terror in these territories was huge in the number of killed, raped, and beaten peaceful citizens.
Later when the Ukrainian army got these territories back and puck the enemies back out of the borders, Ukraine war pictures on the Internet were getting more viewed. Society worldwide was shocked by the seen picture of the terror and cruelty of the Russian soldiers.
On 2 March, the Russian army moved into the Kherson, which has still been occupied with the lack of:
This city was the first occupied big area with a 250 000 population in the south of Ukraine. A little bit later, the terrorist country surrounded Mariupol – another big tragedy for Ukraine and its people.
On 10 March, the US Congress approved the support pack of $13.6 billion for the Ukrainian army. The European government kept pushing the sanction pack, which was supposed to knock the stuffing out of the Russian government. However, as we see today, it is not enough.
At the end of the second month of the war in Ukraine, the number of killed Russian soldiers reached 15 000. Such a statistic was introduced by NATO officials.
None of the parties involved in the war gave up and did not give up positions. However, Ukraine had still been instructed on the importance of arms supplies, which is the most influential factor in this war.
The negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia also reaches a new level at the end of March. Groups of countries meet in Istanbul to put forward demands and discuss all the details of a possible truce. But still, Russia did not intend to end the war with Ukraine that had begun.
In April, the Russian army stepped out of the Kyiv region territories like Bucha. The streets of the cities are full of the dead bodies of peaceful citizens. The international scandal began. More and more governments admitted the war Ukraine was a genocide of the Ukrainian people. The army was still protecting their country with no needed weapons.
Vladimir Zelensky kept shouting about Ukraine war status around the world. The President of Ukraine became an international hero who also symbolize freedom and the right to be independent.
The terrorist country became more active in attacking the evacuating transport and rescue columns.
The EU Parliament did not make Russia wait on even more sanctions like a full block of the import of Russian coal, lumber, cement, seafood, and fertilizers. At the same time, Russian terrorists were massively bombing Mariupol from the sky, land, and the sea. Unexpectedly, the Ukrainian army and the regiment of AZOV resisted and sank the largest naval flagship "Moskva".
On 18 April, the Russian Federation restarted the offensive in the eastern direction of Ukraine.
The global economy started falling, the financial analysts predicted one of the largest crises worldwide in mane crises like food, energy, and finance. Ukraine – one of the biggest food importers in the world stopped its deliveries because of its inability to do it. Russian deliveries in oil and gas have also been banned.
April became one of the most significant months of war because of the approved and signed “lend-lease” program by the US Congress. Joe Biden also initiated another financial supportive pack for Ukraine.
Moreover, the Ukrainian government kept pushing the movement to the status of the EU candidate for the country. There were a lot of discussions, and some of the governments were and are still against such a decision because of the fear of Russia and the war status of Ukraine. Zelensky had been making a lot of statements in the governments and parliaments to motivate the lawmakers to support the country and provide a faster victory. Another essential narrative of the Ukrainian government in the international diplomatic space was to ban Russia in each sense while the government of this country is run by Putin.
It seemed like Zelensky pushed the readiness of the EU countries to step away from depending on the Russian oil deliveries. Germany stated that the country was ready to ban such cooperation with Russia. It was one of the first signs of chanced mind by the German authority.
This war became more internationally popular among the countries. More and more presidents demonstrated a desire to help Ukraine and provide support.
However, the Russian government was still deporting people from Ukraine to the territories of the terrorist country. According to the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, the number of departed Ukrainian citizens on the Russian side was over 460 000.
On 17 May, the Ukrainian regiment of AZOV completed their mission to protect Mariupol and the Azovstal plant, where hundreds of civilians and wounded soldiers were hiding from brutal bombardments. This city became a symbol of the Ukrainian defense. Thousands of people were killed there, including:
Ukraine news war was unstoppably demonstrating the situation around the country. On 24 February, the Ukrainian TV channels announced the information marathon, which has currently been continuing. Each update on war in Ukraine was discussed by the war experts, lawmakers, government officials, the soldiers, and the journalists on the TV.
On 23 May, there was a sentence punishment for the first Russian soldier in the Ukrainian court. He was tried for the murder of a civilian in Bucha. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime.
At the end of May, the Ukrainian army got one of the first weapons deliveries from the European countries and the US. The counteroffensive began. Some of the territories of the south and east were got back to Ukraine. The Russian army started getting even more damage and losses both in manpower and equipment.
The President's Office of the US finally decided to send Ukraine modern rocket launchers and heavy-duty weapons and artillery to more effectively counter the Russian attack.
However, the war with the strong attack by Russia was still heavy so the Ukrainian army made a tactical retreat on the territory of Severdonetsk. But the situation in the south was getting better for Ukraine, some of the cities and villages were got back.
The EU and the US push on Russia have always been strong during the war. Thanks to diplomatic success, there have been achieved a lot of goals. Though the war has not been ended, yet.
More weapons are coming to Ukraine from the supportive countries. Ukraine has been standing for the lives and the future of the country. However, this war is transforming into a harder form, which implies heavy weapons and long tactical maneuvers, with heavy losses on both sides.
The biggest loss in this war has always been the loss of lives of both soldiers and civilians. The most terrible thing that the country loses is people, not territories. such a narrative is always present in the speeches and addresses of Ukrainian politicians. According to the latest on Ukraine war, the number of civilian casualties is shocking. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) introduced a detailed statistic:
