Timeline: Ukraine-Russia War’s Deadliest Attacks

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Timeline: Ukraine-Russia War’s Deadliest Attacks

Tuesday’s Russian missile strike on a military academy and nearby hospital in eastern Ukraine, which ******* more than 50 people, underscored the unrelenting dangers that Ukrainians have faced since Russia’s 2022 invasion.

Two ballistic missiles hit the city of Poltava and rescue efforts were still underway, the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said.

At least 11,520 civilians have been ******* in the war between February 2022 to July 2024, according to a ******* Nations report, which added that the actual tally may be even higher. The number of military troops ******* is ******* to pin down. U.S. officials said in August that nearly 500,000 soldiers had been ******* or wounded on both sides, though they cautioned that Moscow likely undercounts its casualties, and Kyiv does not disclose official figures.

Here is a timeline of some of the war’s deadliest days.

2024

Jan. 21, 2024: Artillery shells hit a market in Russian-occupied Donetsk, ******** at least 25 people, pro-Moscow officials said in blaming Ukraine for the strike. Ukraine denied responsibility.

Jan. 24, 2024: A Russian military plane crashed near the border with Ukraine, ******** 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian officials said. They accused Ukraine of striking the aircraft with missiles. Russia’s claims could not be independently verified.

July 8, 2024: A Russian missile destroyed Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, in Kyiv, part of a barrage of bombings across the country that ******* at least 38 people.

2023

Jan. 15, 2023: A Russian missile with a 2,000-pound warhead obliterated an apartment complex in Dnipro, ******** 46 people, including six children.

Oct. 5, 2023: More than 50 people were ******* in a strike in Hroza, a small Ukrainian village with no obvious military ties. Ukrainian officials blamed a Russian Iskander missile.

Nov. 3, 2023: A Russian missile struck a medal ceremony for artillery troops in the Zaporizhzhia region, ******** 19 soldiers.

2022

March 13, 2022: Russian missiles hit a military base in Yavoriv, near the Polish border. The strike ******* at least 35 people and injured at least 134 more, according to Ukrainian officials. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed it ******* 180 foreign fighters in the *******. The New York Times could not independently verify either claim.

March 16, 2022: A Russian airstrike hit a theater in Mariupol with the word “children” written in large white lettering outside to signal that the building was sheltering civilians. Estimates about the ****** toll vary. Amnesty International, a British-based nonprofit, reported at least 12 people were ******* but survivors told a reporter from The Times that between 60 and 200 people were *******.

April 8, 2022: Russian shelling ******* more than 50 civilians at a train station in Kramatorsk, in Donetsk Province. This ******* marked the start of Russia’s campaign to seize the Donbas region.

April 13, 2022: Ukrainian forces, aided by U.S. intelligence, fired two missiles, striking the Moskva, a Russian warship. The ******* ignited a ***** that led to the sinking of the warship the next day. Independent Russian news outlets based outside the country reported that

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***** when the warship was damaged and sank.

May 17, 2022: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said 87 people were ******* in a Russian airstrike in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region.

July 9, 2022: An apartment complex in Chasiv Yar, a small city in Donetsk Province, was hit by a Russian strike, ******** at least 43 people, according to local

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Sept. 30, 2022: Russian missiles struck a convoy of vehicles transporting people fleeing fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, ******** at least 30 people and wounding 88 others, local Ukrainian officials reported.

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