TWO YEARS OF INCREDIBILITY 730 days of indestructibility: the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Russia
24 February 2024 01:51
Today is the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It was on 24 February 2022, at 3:40 am, that Russia treacherously launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine
This attack was the culmination of the war of aggression that Moscow launched against Ukraine 10 years ago with the occupation of Crimea in 2014.
In 2022, the first rocket explosions occurred in the morning and the first Russian tanks openly entered Ukraine. This is the day that divided the lives of Ukrainians into “before” and “after”.
730 days of struggle, courage, and heroism. 730 days full of suffering, terrible trials, losses, despair, separations. Two years of unbreakable strength, resilience and unity of the Ukrainian people.
The heroic resistance of Ukrainians is not only a struggle for the physical survival of the Ukrainian people and the country’s freedom. Ukrainians are shedding blood for a free, democratic Europe.
In its latest report, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine confirmed 10,582 civilian deaths and 19,875 injuries since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022. The Mission believes that the actual numbers are likely to be much higher.
Our resilience is ensured by our heroes on the frontline, volunteers, medics, rescuers, teachers, drivers in the rear, without whose help it would be even harder to resist Russian aggression.
Commemorating the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Thesecond anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine will be marked by the leaders of partner countries, Presidential Press Secretary Serhiy Nikiforov said on the air of the United News marathon.
“On this date, 24 February, we will have a lot of what our diplomats call the international component, that is, foreign visits of foreign leaders, our great friends, reliable partners. For obvious reasons, I can’t say who exactly they will be, but we expect that these will not just be symbolic support visits, but the visits will have practical results,”
– nikiforov said.
According to him, an online meeting of G7 leaders with Ukraine will also take place on 24 February.
on 24 February 2024, millions of Ukrainian refugees will take to the streets of Europe to remind the world once again of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. During the demonstrations, refugees will tell their personal stories.
The marches will take place in Belgium, Denmark, the UK, Estonia, Romania and other countries.
Russia’s full-scale invasion has led to the largest wave of migration since World War II. According to various estimates, more than 6,000,000 Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes and seek safety in foreign lands.
Useful to know
Interactive map of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Systematises information on the course of the Russian-Ukrainian war after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and its consequences in the regional dimension. The resource was created and is being updated by a team of specialists from the Ukrainian Women’s Guard and the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory .
Virtual Museum of Russian Aggression
The resource contains a wide variety of data in Ukrainian and English: eyewitness accounts, archival sources, oral history sources, media information, decisions and resolutions of international organisations, photos and videos.
The portal was created by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the International Renaissance Foundation, and the Prometheus Centre for Security Studies.
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