Russia attacks Ukraine – 24th Feb. 2022
On the first day of the first major land war in Europe in decades, the Russian military plunged into Ukraine by land, sea and air. Russia shelled more than a dozen cities and towns, including outside the capital, Kyiv. Russian troops moved across the Ukrainian border in several waves, landing in the port city of Odessa in the south and crossing the eastern border into Kharkiv, the second-largest city.
Amado, Bráulio. “Maps: Tracking the the Russia and Ukraine War.” The New York Times [New York], 24 February 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/world/europe/ukraine-maps.html . Accessed 25 February 2022.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that it had disabled Ukraine’s air defenses and air bases and that Russian forces had destroyed more than 70 military targets, including 11 airfields, a helicopter and four drones.
