Ukraine
Amid Russia's war on Ukraine, GMF provides insights, commentary, and analysis on the country's recovery and reconstructionAnniversaries should be celebratory, but some are painful remembrances of events that elicited profound change. February 24, 2022 will be one that lives “in infamy”, for Ukrainians and many others. The past year has witnessed a fundamentally changed global political and economic landscape, with the impact on individual countries, regions, and multilateral institutions as varied as the entities themselves.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has retraumatized European countries already haunted by World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. The post-1945 international system had been faltering for some time but its failures have been more evident recently. Unsurprisingly, the countries that shaped the system interpreted Russia’s violation of international and humanitarian law as a direct threat to global stability and their own security. For some of those countries the threat remains existential.
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Timeline of the Conflict in Ukraine
- January 2022
- February 24 2022
- February 27 2022
- March 13 2022
- March 2022
- March 20 2022
- March 25 2022
- March 2022
- May 15 2022
- June 23 2022
- June 27 2022
- September 2022
- November 10 2022
- November 15 2022
- December 21 2022
- January 2023
January 2022 - Russia begins building up troops on Ukrainian border
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February 24 2022 - Russia invades Ukraine
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February 27 2022 - German Chanellor Olaf Scholz makes Zeitenwende Speech
In a special address to the Bundestag, Chancellor Olaf Scholz What Scholz called the February 24 invasion of Ukraine a Zeitenwende in the history of the continent. The government’s official translation for that term is “watershed,” but, like with many German compound nouns, the original is a bit richer: it is a turn in the times, the change of an era. It constitutes a dramatic shift in defense posture and spending for Germany.
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March 13 2022 - Russia hits military base near Poland
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March 2022 - Ukraine breaks the encirclement of Kyiv
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March 20 2022 - GMF announces the GMF Hope Fund for Ukraine
The GMF Hope Fund will provide urgent assistance, including funds for emergency evacuation and relocation support, to our civil society grantees, fellows, and alumni who have become victims of Russia's war in Ukraine and who require support above and beyond what our current donors provide.

March 25 2022 - US President Biden visits Poland
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March 2022 - The Bucha Massacre
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May 15 2022 - Finland and Sweden announce NATO bids
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June 23 2022 - EU awards candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova
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June 27 2022 - GMF announces need for Marshall Plan for Ukraine
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September 2022 - Russia imposes draft and occupied territories hold referendums
Back to topNovember 10 2022 - Russia withdraws from Kherson
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November 15 2022 - Przewodow Missile Crisis
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Back to topJanuary 2023 - US and allies continue sending equipment to Ukraine, including tanks and patriot missile systems
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