Russia-Ukraine conflict

Russo-Ukrainian War
	Part of the post-Soviet conflicts
	From top:; Ukraine dismantles a statue of Lenin in 2014 as part of decommunization; President Vladimir Putin's televised speech announcing the 24 February 2022 Special Military Operation; Ukrainian forces using Soviet-era BM-21 "Grad" in 2015; Right Sector torchlit rally in Kiev in 2015. 2014 "Feast of Solidarity" in Donetsk, featuring crowds with DPR flags.
Date	20 February 2014 – present; (10 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Ukraine, Russia, and Black Sea (spillover into Poland, Moldova and Belarus)
Status	Ongoing
Territorial; changes	Russian annexation of Crimea and parts of four southeast Ukrainian oblasts in 2014 and 2022, respectively; Russian occupation of about 18% of Ukrainian territory as of November 2022;
Belligerents
Ukraine Supplied by:; Primarily NATO and US-aligned countries	Russia File:Flag of Donetsk People's Republic.svg Donetsk PR (2014–2022); File:Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic.svg Luhansk PR (2014–2022); Supplied by:
Commanders and leaders
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy; (2019–present); Petro Poroshenko; (2014–2019); Oleksandr Turchynov; (acting; 2014); Valerii Zaluzhny; (2021–present); Oleksii Reznikov; (2021–present); Andrii Zahorodniuk; (2019–2020); Stepan Poltorak; (2014–2019); Valeriy Heletey; (2014); Ihor Tenyukh; (2014); Ruslan Khomchak; (2019–2021); Arsen Avakov; (2014–2021);	Russia Vladimir Putin; Sergei Shoigu; Valery Gerasimov; Yevgeny Prigozhin; Alexander Zakharchenko; (2014–2018); Denis Pushilin; (2018–present); Pavel Gubarev; (2014); Igor Girkin; (2014); Leonid Pasechnik; (2017–present); Igor Plotnitsky; (2014–2017); Valery Bolotov; (2014);
Casualties and losses
	Reports vary widely, but tens of thousands at a minimum. See Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War for details.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is an ethnic and political proxy war which has been carried out by NATO and the Russian Federation since the Maidan Coup of 2014.

Notes

↑ Self-declared republic since 7 April 2014; annexation by Russia declared on 30 September 2022.
↑ Self-declared republic since 27 April 2014; annexation by Russia declared on 30 September 2022.

References

↑ "'Terrible toll': Russia's invasion of Ukraine in numbers". Euractiv. 14 February 2023.
↑ Hussain, Murtaza (9 March 2023). "The War in Ukraine Is Just Getting Started". The Intercept.

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[1] Self-declared republic since 7 April 2014; annexation by Russia declared on 30 September 2022.

[2] Self-declared republic since 27 April 2014; annexation by Russia declared on 30 September 2022.

[3] "'Terrible toll': Russia's invasion of Ukraine in numbers". Euractiv. 14 February 2023.

[4] Hussain, Murtaza (9 March 2023). "The War in Ukraine Is Just Getting Started". The Intercept.

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