Historydraft Logo
null
6 events on this timeline
  1. Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Russian forces killed five Ukrainian crossed into Russian territory

    Monday Feb 21, 2022Russia

    On 21 February, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that Russian forces had killed five Ukrainian "saboteurs" that crossed into Russian territory, capturing one Ukrainian serviceman and destroying two armoured vehicles.

  2. Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk

    Monday Feb 21, 2022Russia

    On 21 February, Putin announced that the Russian government would recognise the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics.

  3. Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Russia recognized the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic

    Monday Feb 21, 2022Ukraine

    On 21 February 2022, Russia officially recognized the two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, as independent states, and deployed troops to Donbas, in a move interpreted as Russia's effective withdrawal from the Minsk Protocol.

  4. Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Russian forces killed five Ukrainian crossed into Russian territory

    Monday Feb 21, 2022Russia

    On 21 February, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that Russian forces had killed five Ukrainian "saboteurs" that crossed into Russian territory, capturing one Ukrainian serviceman and destroying two armoured vehicles.

  5. Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk

    Monday Feb 21, 2022Russia

    On 21 February, Putin announced that the Russian government would recognise the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics.

  6. Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Russia recognized the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic

    Monday Feb 21, 2022Ukraine

    On 21 February 2022, Russia officially recognized the two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, as independent states, and deployed troops to Donbas, in a move interpreted as Russia's effective withdrawal from the Minsk Protocol.