📅 Key Events & Milestones

A curated record of the most consequential events in the Russia-Ukraine war — the turning points, escalations, humanitarian disasters, and diplomatic developments that have defined the conflict's trajectory. This section covers watershed moments: Russia's full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022; the failed Battle of Kyiv; the fall of Mariupol; Ukraine's Kharkiv and Kherson counteroffensives; the Kerch Bridge explosion; Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions; mass missile strikes on urban infrastructure; the Wagner Group mutiny; the Kursk cross-border incursion; NATO summit declarations; and each major Western weapons delivery decision. Events are indexed chronologically and by category (military, diplomatic, humanitarian, economic) to help researchers, journalists, and analysts trace the war's evolution from the initial invasion shock to the grinding attritional phase of 2024-2025.