Timeline: After months of tension, Russia attacks Ukraine
Russian forces launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine when President Vladimir Putin asked Kyiv's military to drop its weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Russia was attacking "military infrastructure" and his country's border guards. In a short televised address to the nation, he called for martial law and pledged victory.
Tensions over the Ukraine-Russia crisis have simmered for months, with diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue showing no sign of progress.
This is a timeline of some important recent events.
November 2021
Satellite imagery showed a new Russian army on the border with Ukraine and Kyiv said Moscow had mobilized 100,000 troops along with tanks and other military assets.
December 7, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that Russia will punish the Western economy if it invades Ukraine.
December 17, 2021
Russia has made detailed security demands to the West, including nato suspending all military operations in Eastern Europe and Ukraine and the alliance never accepting Ukraine or other former Soviet states as members.
January 3, 2022
Biden reassured Zelensky that the U.S. would "respond decisively" if Russia invaded Ukraine.
The two spoke by phone to discuss preparations for a series of upcoming diplomatic meetings aimed at resolving the crisis.
January 10, 2022
US and Russian officials meet in Geneva for diplomatic talks but differences remain unresolved as Moscow repeats security demands that Washington says it cannot accept.
January 24, 2022
NATO puts forces on standby and reinforces its military presence in Eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets. Some Western nations start evacuating non-essential embassy staff from Kyiv. The US puts 8,500 soldiers on alert.
January 26, 2022
Washington presents a written response to Russia's security demands, repeating a commitment to NATO's "open-door" policy while offering a "principled and pragmatic evaluation" of Moscow's concerns.
January 27, 2022
Biden warns of a likely Russian invasion in February. China throws its political weight behind Russia and tells the US that Moscow's "legitimate security concerns" should be "taken seriously".
January 28, 2022
Putin said Russia's main security demands remain unresolved but moscow was ready to continue talks.
Zelenkskyy warned the West to avoid creating "panic" that would negatively affect his country's economy.
January 31, 2022
The United States and Russia debated the Ukraine crisis at a special closed-door session of the U.N. Security Council.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would threaten global security.
Russia's U.N. envoy Vasily Nebenzya accused Washington and its allies of inciting the threat of war despite Moscow's repeated denials of a planned invasion.
"The discussion of a war threat is provocative in and of itself. You're almost calling for this. You want it to happen," Nebenzya said.
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