The first anniversary of Russia’s invasion approaches : NPR

This week marks a year since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Here is an outlook and summary of the most important developments over the past week.

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On Monday, President Biden paid a brief, unannounced visit to Kiev to express his solidarity with Ukrainians as Russia’s invasion of their country enters a second year. Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and announced fresh aid as Russian forces make a fresh push to seize control of Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region, which Russia illegally annexed last September.

President Biden is scheduled to meet Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday and make remarks on the war in Ukraine in Warsaw.

Also on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual State of the Union address.

President Biden will meet with Eastern European leaders in Warsaw on Wednesday.

Also on Wednesday, the UN General Assembly will hold a special session on Ukraine. At Russia’s request, the Security Council is advising on Nord Stream pipelines. And the Russian parliament will hold extraordinary sessions.

On Friday, the Security Council will discuss Ukraine on the anniversary of the Russian invasion.

What happened last week

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy opened the Munich Security Conference, He spoke via video link to participants including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Vice President Kamala Harris. The vice president later told the assembly that Russia had committed “crimes against humanity.”

Russia started 36 cruise missiles over Ukraine in a single day and Ukraine shot down 16. Most hit critical infrastructure, but Ukraine’s power grid operator said there were no power shortages.

Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels where Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged an ammunition boost for Ukraine and warned that the Kremlin was preparing for new offensives and attacks.

said Ukraine It shot down 6 Russian balloons who appeared over Kyiv.

The US called on American citizens Leave Russia “immediately”. due to security risks.

The Russian government runs a systematic network of at least 40 custody centers for thousands of Ukrainian children, a potential war crimereported a team from Yale University.

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Previous Developments

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