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July 3: Russia takes control of
the Luhansk region of Donbas.
July 9: A Russian missile attack
on two apartment buildings kills
at least forty-eight civilians
July 15: Ukraine’s president,
May 18: Finland and Sweden Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calls for
apply for membership in international condemnation of
the North Atlantic Treaty Russia as a terrorist state.
Organization.
May 19: Mariupol falls to Russia.
May 20: The United States
approves $40 billion in
humanitarian and military aid to
Ukraine.
May 23: Following Ukraine’s first
war crimes trial, a Russian soldier
is sentenced to life in prison.
May June July
June 16: By this date,
more than 5 million
Ukrainians have fled to
other parts of Europe
and another 8 million are
internally displaced.
June 23: Russia occupies
the eastern city of
Sievierodonetsk.
June 25: The US High
Mobility Artillery Rocket
System is deployed, giving
Ukraine long-range strike
capability.
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