The 12 key Ukraine war moments as 450k Russians killed in Putin's bloodbath
Vladimir Putin first launched Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
TL;DR
- Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
- Estimates suggest the Russian military death toll has reached 450,000.
- The conflict has resulted in hundreds of thousands of soldiers dead and cities reduced to rubble.
- Horrors of the invasion became clear in April 2022 with the discovery of civilian bodies in Bucha.
- Ukrainian forces launched a successful counteroffensive in September 2022, recapturing territory in the Kharkiv region.
- On September 21, 2022, Putin announced the partial mobilization of 300,000 Russian reservists.
- The war is described as the deadliest conflict in Europe since the Second World War.