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Russia-Ukraine War: Quick Facts

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Zelenskyy says a new European security framework floated by US could benefit Putin • Nov. 14, 2026, 6:33 AM ET (AP)
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The European Union says Europe will send a team of diplomats from across the continent to the Ukraine peace talks • Nov. 13, 2026, 12:42 PM ET (AP)
Bombings in Russia kill a military officer and injure an adviser to Ukraine's former prime minister • Nov. 13, 2026, 9:07 AM ET (AP)

Facts

Date February 2014 - present
Location Crimea ā€¢ Donbas ā€¢ Russia ā€¢ Ukraine
Participants Russia ā€¢ Ukraine
Context Ukraine crisis of 2013ā€“14

Photos and Videos

A child in a blue coat sits on a swing in front of a residential building with shattered windows and heavy missile damage in Kyiv, Ukraine, with debris scattered on the ground.
Wide view of Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, featuring the tall Independence Monument with a golden statue, surrounding buildings, and people walking in the plaza.
Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine, smiling in a suit and blue tie with a United Nations emblem in the background.
Anti-government protesters walk among burning debris and heavy smoke near the Independence Monument in Maidan, Kiev, Ukraine, with Ukrainian flags visible in the background.
Map showing the Crimean peninsula bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, with major cities such as Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yevpatoriya, Kerch, and Yalta labeled. An inset map in the upper left highlights Crimea's location relative to Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.
A soldier in unmarked green military uniform and face covering stands in front of an armored vehicle with Russian license plates, with other soldiers and vehicles lined up behind.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at microphones wearing a striped ribbon, with uniformed navy personnel and Russian flags in the background.
Donets Basin, or Donbas
Igor Strelkov, wearing camouflage, stands behind a desk with maps and speaks to journalists holding notepads and cameras in a room with blue walls in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Malaysia Airlines flight 17
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Key People

President Vladimir Putin speaks at a podium with the Russian coat of arms, with uniformed military personnel standing in formation behind him.
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaks while holding notes at a press conference in Kyiv, with a Ukrainian flag visible in the background.
Volodymyr Zelensky
president of Ukraine
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in a suit and tie speaking into a microphone.
Petro Poroshenko
president of Ukraine
Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Russia-Ukraine War
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian oligarch

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