The War in Ukraine: A Summary and Facts By Arumeda Raynuma, Year 6, Sekolah Cikal

Russia started a wide-ranging military attack on Ukraine on February 24, just before dawn. Russia was able to destroy many Ukrainian military stations and attack additional cities within hours of the strike. Russia invaded more than 3 cities in Ukraine including Kyiv, Donbas, Mariupol, and Crimea. Russia attacked Ukraine by sending a bomb to its capital city, Kyiv. The bomb’s radius was about 400m and left 60 people killed in the first 30 minutes. Many people are still confused about why Putin declared war.

“Russia has demolished thousands of buildings in Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv”

Estimated losses

There are at least 46K deaths, approximately 13K non-fatal injuries, at least 400 missing, 2.1K buildings destroyed, and approximately 0B of property damage.

Russia has demolished thousands of buildings in Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv. Millions of Ukrainians are forced to flee to neighbouring countries due to their homes being majorly destroyed. Russia’s attack on Ukraine has killed thousands and forced more than two million people to leave the country. The US Parliament approved a total package of $ 15 trillion to help the people.

According to datasets and statistics posted from worldwide news, 3,459 Ukrainian civilians were killed and 238 of them were children, and 3.33m Ukrainian refugees crossed the border due to the war as of May 2022. Ukraine receives much support and donations from many neighbouring countries like the US, the Europe Union, Germany, the UK, France and many more. These countries have been sending aid to kids, money donations, military weapons, tanks and soldiers.

“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.”

-Jonathan Harnisch-

The Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has announced that Ukrainians that decide to still stay in Ukraine must stay in underground bunkers or even in subway stations to be guided to safety. During their lockdown in their bunkers, citizens find it harder to access things due to poor sources, especially water and food. But luckily, countries like Germany, Poland and the US try to make a safe place in their country especially for Ukrainian refugees so that they can be guided to safety, They provide a good amount of medicine, aid kits, food, water, protection and shelter.

“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.”

-Jonathan Harnisch-

Where do refugees go?

Poland has taken in 3,272,943 refugees, Romania with 895,828, Russia has 785,348, Hungary has 583,066, Moldova has 459,546, Slovakia with 409,527 and Belarus has taken 27,308 refugees.

By late March, Observers estimated that the Russian shelling of Mariupol had damaged and destroyed more than 90% of the city. Ukrainian sources estimate that 20,000 citizens were killed during the Russian siege of Mariupol, and satellite photographs show a mass grave near the city. Russian soldiers have been bombarding the city with aerial bombardments for weeks, killing hundreds of people. Following its unsuccessful attempt to conquer Kyiv, Russia began a fresh massive operation in eastern Ukraine on April 18. In the end, Ukrainian soldiers, citizens, and supporters are working hard for their country, especially soldiers who have sacrificed many things for Ukraine. Some Russian citizens are against Putin as well, they have opened up a protest where they protest about giving justice to Ukraine.