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Resistance During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
When Russia Russian invasion of Ukraine, invaded Ukraine in early 2022, it occupied Occupied territories of Ukraine, vast portions of the country, having already occupied parts of the Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast, Luhansk oblasts as well as the entirety of Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Crimea since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2014. Partisan (military), Partisan groups began to be organized in mid-2022. These groups have been involved in intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and assassinations. Much of their activity has taken place in the Kherson Oblast, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia oblasts of southern Ukraine. 2022 March On 1 March, the mayor of Kreminna, Volodymyr Struk was abducted from his home. His wife claimed that unknown camouflaged men entered their property and kidnapped her husband. On 2 March, Struk was found shot dead with a gunshot wound in his chest. Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian-occupied Territories Of Ukraine
The Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are areas of southern and eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion. In Ukrainian law, they are defined as the "temporarily occupied territories". As of 2024, Russia occupies almost 20% of Ukraine and about 3 to 3.5 million Ukrainians are estimated to be living under occupation; since the invasion, the occupied territories lost roughly half of their population. The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that Russia is committing severe human rights violations in occupied Ukraine, including arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture, crackdown on peaceful protest and freedom of speech, enforced Russification, passportization, indoctrination of children, and suppression of Ukrainian language and culture. The occupation began in 2014 with Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea, and its ''de facto'' takeover of Ukraine's Donbas during a war in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi (; born 8 July 1973) is a Ukrainian four-star general and diplomat who is currently serving as Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom. He served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 27 July 2021 until 8 February 2024. He was also concurrently a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Zaluzhnyi was previously the Commander of the North Operational Command (2019–2021), Chief of the Joint Operational Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces (2018), Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the West Operational Command (2017), and Commander of the 51st Guards Mechanized Brigade (2009–2012). Zaluzhnyi was named by ''Time'' magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. He has received praise for his skill at "adapting to a fast-changing battlefield" through effective delegation and information gathering during the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Gerasimov
Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov (born 8 September 1955) is a Russian Army general (Russia), army general serving as the Chief of the General Staff (Russia), Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Ministry of Defence (Russia), Minister of Defence. He was appointed by president Vladimir Putin on 9 November 2012, replacing Nikolai Makarov (general), Nikolai Makarov, and currently serves as the commander of all Russian forces in Ukraine. He is considered one of the most powerful men in Russia, and one of three people to hold access to Russia's nuclear weapons, alongside Putin and Defense Minister of Russia, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov. Gerasimov has been described as a loyal follower of Putin. He is reportedly the one who conceived the Gerasimov doctrine, Gerasimov Doctrine. Early life Gerasimov was born in a working-class family in Kazan, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Tatar ASSR on 8 September 1955. Interested in the army from a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Belousov
Andrey Removich Belousov (born 17 March 1959) is a Russian politician and economist, serving as the Minister of Defence since May 2024. From January 2020 to May 2024, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.Подписаны указы о Первом заместителе и заместителях Председателя Правительства . 21 January 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020. Previously, he was an Aide to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Shoigu
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu; , . (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia from 2012 to 2024. Shoigu has served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 2012. Shoigu was the Minister of Emergency Situations from 1991 to 2012. He briefly served as the governor of Moscow Oblast in 2012. A close confidant and ally of Vladimir Putin, Shoigu belongs to the '' siloviki'' of Putin's inner circle. He was entrusted with the task of supervising the invasion of Ukraine since 2022. A feud between Shoigu and Yevgeny Prigozhin led to a mutiny by the Wagner Group in June 2023. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Shoigu on charges of alleged war crimes during the invasion of Ukraine. In May 2024, Putin replaced Shoigu with Andrey Belousov as defense minister, appointin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He is the longest-serving Russian president since the independence of Russia from the Soviet Union. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of Lieutenant colonel (Eastern Europe), lieutenant colonel. He resigned in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg. In 1996, he moved to Moscow to join the administration of President Boris Yeltsin. He briefly served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and then as Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, secretary of the Security Council of Russia before Putin's rise to power, being appointed prime minister in August 1999. Following Yeltsin's resignation, Putin became Actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaliy Kim
Vitalii Oleksandrovych Kim (; born 13 March 1981) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who has served as the Governor of Mykolaiv Oblast since 2020. He is also head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration. Biography Vitalii Oleksandrovych Kim was born on 13 March 1981 in Mykolaiv. His father, Oleksandr, is a basketball coach. Kim graduated from the Mykolaiv Gymnasium No. 2 and the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding with a degree in enterprise economics. In 1998, he began to engage in entrepreneurial activity. He was the managing partner of the Ushuaja entertainment complex. In 2003, he worked for the Ukrpromresurs company, which was engaged in public sector auditing. From 2005 to 2011 he managed a number of enterprises in Mykolaiv, was engaged in international investments. From 2015 to 2016, he headed the analytical department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. He is also a founder of a group of development companies, engaged in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleh Syniehubov
Oleh Vasyliovych Syniehubov (; born 10 August 1983) is a Ukrainian lawyer, attorney, scientist and entrepreneur who is currently the Governor of Kharkiv Oblast (since 24 December 2021) after being Governor of Poltava Oblast (appointed on 11 November 2019). In the wake of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on 24 February 2022, Syniehubov was appointed head of the Kharkiv Regional Civil-Military Administration (HOVA). Early life and education Oleh Syniehubov was born on 10 August 1983 in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Kharkiv, Ukraine). His father was an agronomist and his mother was an accountant. He attended Kharkiv secondary school № 147, before enrolling in the Faculty of Law at Kharkiv University of Internal Affairs in 2000. In 2004, he graduated with honors and qualified as a lawyer. Career From July 2004 to May 2005 he worked as an investigator of the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on the Southern Railway. Academic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Fedorov (politician)
Ivan Serhiiovych Fedorov (; born 29 August 1988) is a Ukrainian politician who was appointed Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in February 2024. He was previously the first deputy head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council, mayor of Melitopol and a member of the Melitopol City Council. Career Fedorov was elected to 6th convocation of the Melitopol city council. In 2015, he was elected first deputy head of the 7th convocation of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council. In 2020, he succeeded Serhii Minko as the mayor of Melitopol. On 11 March 2022, the deputy head of the office of the president Kyrylo Tymoshenko stated that Fedorov had been "arrested and abducted by the Russian military." Ukrainian officials reported that "A group of 10 occupiers kidnapped the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov," Ukraine's parliament said on Twitter. "He refused to cooperate with the enemy". This was corroborated by Anton Herashchenko and videos released by CNN of Russian soldiers outside a city governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Prokudin
Oleksandr Serhiyovych Prokudin (; born 22 July 1983, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian civil servant. He has served as the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration since February 7, 2023. Professional experience Since 2000, he has worked in investigative units and the professional training office of the Human Resources Department. Since November 2015, he has served as Deputy Head of the Chief Administration of the National Police of the Kherson region. From September 2019 to February 2022, he was Head of the Chief Administration of the National Police of the Kherson region. He served as the Head of the Department of the National Police of Ukraine (from February 2022 to February 7, 2023). On February 7, 2023, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Oleksandr Prokudin as Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration (KRMA) by Decree № 67/2023. He graduated from Mykolaiv National Agrarian University and the National Academy of Internal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksii Kharchenko
Oleksii Andriyovych Kharchenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Андрійович Харченко; born 11 September 1987), is an Uzbek-born Ukrainian political military commander who became the 17th Governor of Luhansk Oblast on 15 April 2025. He previously served as the Head of the Military City Administration of Severodonetsk from 2024 to 2025. Biography Oleksii Kharchenko was born in Chirchiq Chirchiq, also spelled as Chirchik, (; ) is a district-level city in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is about 32 km northeast of Tashkent, along the river Chirchiq. Chirchiq lies in the Chatkal Mountains. The population of Chirchiq as of 20 ..., Uzbekistan on 11 September 1987. He has a Ph.D. He worked in the State Border Service of Ukraine for seven years. From 2021 to 2023 he worked in the State Inspectorate of Architecture and Urban Planning of Ukraine, as chief specialist, then as head of the Department of State Architectural and Construction Control. Kharchenko was appointe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadym Filashkin
Vadym Serhiyovych Filaskhin (; born 14 June 1975) is a Ukrainian statesman, who is currently the Governor of Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (, ), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its capital city, administrative centre is Donetsk, though d ... since 27 December 2023. Biography Vadym Filashkin was born on 14 June 1975. He received his higher education at the Mykolaiv State Pedagogical University, majoring in "pedagogy and methods of secondary education, and physical culture and pre-conscription training". Then, in 2008, he graduated as a lawyer at the Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs. From November 2015 to August 2016, he was the deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Donetsk Oblast. In February 2019, he was the deputy head of the Donetsk regional state administration. On 27 December 2023, Filaskhin was appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
