Russia-Ukraine war by the numbers: Live Tracker - Al Jazeera

The map and list below show the locations where sizeable protests have occurred. Russia-Ukraine: mapping anti-war protests around the world. (AlJazeera)By AlJazeeraStaffUpdated: 29Jul202209:17AM(GMT)facebooktwitterwhatsappAstheRussianoffensiveentersits156thday,wetrackwherethefightingishappeningandhowwegothere. Readonforanoverviewofthesituationininfographicsandmaps. WhocontrolswhatinUkraine? FifteenpeoplewereinjuredwhenmissileshitmilitaryinstallationsinVyshhoroddistrictontheedgeoftheUkrainiancapitalonThursday,KyivregionalGovernorOleksiyKulebasaidonTelegram.Morethan10RussianmissilesalsohitthecityofChernihivabout120km(75miles)northeastofthecapital,Kyiv,regionalGovernorVyacheslavChausovtoldUkrainianTV. (AlJazeera) WhocontrolswhatintheDonbasregion? RussiantroopshavepushedaheadwithlimitedgroundassaultsnorthwestofSlovianskandnortheastandsouthwestofBakhmut,accordingtotheInstitutefortheStudyofWar. (AlJazeera) Wherearepeoplefleeingto? AccordingtotheUNrefugeeagency,UNHCR,morethan9.9millionpeoplehavefledUkrainesincetheRussianinvasion.Manyhavesoughtrefugeinneighbouringstates. Thelatest–andstillgrowing–counthad4,944,264peopleenteringPoland,890,168Romania,1,857,122Russia,1,041,763Hungary,549,333Moldova,627,555Slovakia,and16,680enteringBelarus. Mostofthearrivalshavebeenwomenandchildren.Allmenagedbetween18and60havebeenaskedtoremaininUkrainetofight. (AlJazeera)   Anti-warprotestsaroundtheworld ThousandsofpeoplehavetakentopublicsquaresandRussianembassiesacrosstheglobetoprotestagainsttheinvasion. OVD-Info,whichhasdocumentedcrackdownsonRussia’soppositionforyears,saysmorethan5,000demonstratorshavebeenarrestedacrossRussiasincePutinlaunchedthewaronUkraine. Themapandlistbelowshowthelocationswheresizeableprotestshaveoccurred. Worldcitieswhereprotestshavetakenplace: Adana;Amsterdam;Antwerp;Athens;Atlanta;Austin;Baku;Bangkok;Barcelona;Bari;Beirut;Berdiansk;Berlin;Bern;Bloomington;Bordeaux;Boston;Brighton;Brussels;Budapest;BuenosAires;Caernarfon;Cambridge;CapeTown;Chicago;Colombo;Copenhagen;Curitiba;Denver;Dublin;Edinburgh;Exeter;Frankfurt;Geneva;Glasgow;Guayaquil;Helsinki;Houston;Istanbul;Krakow;KualaLumpur;Lahore;London;Lisbon;Madrid;Malmo;Manchester;Manila;Marseille;Melbourne;MexicoCity;Milan;Milwaukee;Minneapolis;Minsk;Montclair;Montpellier;Montreal;Munich;Naples;Newcastle;NewDelhi;NewYorkCity;Nice;Norwich;Nottingham;Oslo;Ottawa;Oxford;Paris;Podgorica;Prague;Pretoria;Pristina;QuezonCity;Rome;Salerno;SanFrancisco;SantaMonica;Santiago;SaoPaulo;Seoul;Stockholm;Sydney;Taipei;Tallinn;Tbilisi;Tehran;TelAviv;TheHague;Thessaloniki;Tirana;Tokyo;Toronto;Turin;Vancouver;Vienna;Vilnius;Warsaw;Washington,DC;Wellington;Zakopane. Protestshavetakenplaceinatleast50Russiancities,includingChelyabinsk,Moscow,NizhnyNovgorod,Novosibirsk,Perm,SaintPetersburg,Samara,andYekaterinburg. UkraineandRussiaexplainedintenmapsandcharts Belowareteninfographicsthatbreakdownthehistory,politicsandeconomicsoftheUkraine-Russiacrisis. 1.Conflictataglance Aftermonthsoftensionsandintensediplomacy,RussianforcesinvadedUkraine.Explosionswereheardacrossthecountry.Kyivdeclaredmartiallaw,sayingUkrainewilldefenditself.Belowisasummaryoftheconflictataglance. (AlJazeera) 2.HistoryoftheUSSR RussiaandUkrainewerepartofthe15SovietrepublicsthatmadeuptheSovietUnion.FollowingthecollapseoftheSovietUnionin1991,UkrainedeclaredindependenceonAugust24.Themapbelowshowswheneachofthesecountriesdeclaredindependence. (AlJazeera) 3.Politicalleadership Afterindependence,UkrainemovedtosheditsRussianimperiallegacyandforgeincreasinglyclosetieswiththeWest. Overthepast30years,Ukrainehasbeenledbysevenpresidents.Thecountryhashadarockypathtowardsdemocracywithtworevolutions,firstin2005andthenin2014.Bothtimes,protestersrejectedRussia’ssupremacyandsoughtapathtojointheEuropeanUnionandNATO. Bycomparison,Russiahasbeenledbythreepresidents,withPutinhavingbeeninofficefor17years.In2021,Putin,theformeragentoftheSovietUnion’sKGBsecurityservices,signedalawthatessentiallyenableshimtostayinpoweruntil2036. PutinhasrepeatedlyclaimedthatRussiansandUkrainiansbelongto“onepeople”andarepartofthehistorical“Russiancivilisation”thatalsoincludesneighbouringBelarus.Ukrainiansrejecthisclaims. (AlJazeera) 4.HowbigareUkraineandRussia? Ukrainehasanestimatedpopulationof44million–theseventh-largestinEurope.Thecountrycomprises24regions,knownasoblasts.Thecountry’spopulationhasdeclinedsincethe1990swithfertilityratesamongthelowestintheworld.Asof2020,Ukraine’sfertilityratewasjust1.2.Forcontext,inorderforapopulationtoremainstable,anoveralltotalfertilityrateof2.1isrequired. Ukraineisthesecond-largestcountryinEurope,afterRussia.At603,550sqkm(233,031sqmiles),UkraineisabitsmallerthantheUSstateofTexas,aboutthreetimessmallerthanIndia,halfthesizeofSouthAfricaandabouttwoandahalftimesthesizeoftheUnitedKingdom. (AlJazeera) 5.NATOinEurope NATOistheworld’smostpowerfulmilitaryalliance.Comprising30nations,itsprimaryroleistoprotectitsmemberstatesbypoliticalandmilitarymeans. RussiaopposesNATObasesnearitsbordersandhasaskedforwrittenguaranteesthatNATOwillnotexpandeastwards.OneoftheKremlin’scentraldemandsisthatUkraineneverbeallowedtojoinNATO–amoveitconsidersaredline.TheUnitedStateshasrefusedtoconcedetothisdemand. ReadmoreaboutNATOhistoryandexpansionhere. (AlJazeera) 6.Militaryheadtohead Russiahasoneofthemostpowerfulmilitariesintheworldandranksamongthetopfivedefencespenders. In2020,Russiaspent$61.7bnonitsmilitary,whichaccountedfor11.4percentofgovernmentspending.Incomparison,Ukrainespent$5.9bnonitsarmedforces,or8.8percentofgovernmentspending,accordingtotheStockholmInternationalPeaceResearchInstitute. Sincetensionsbegan,NATOallies,fearfulofapotentialgroundinvasionbyRussia,havesteppedupsupportforKyivbysendingmilitaryequipmenttoUkraine. ReadmoreaboutthemilitarycapabilitiesofRussiaandUkrainehere. (AlJazeera) 7.Oilandgasresources RussiaandUkrainearebothrichinoilandgas.Russiahastheworld’shighestprovengasreservesat48,938billioncubicmetres.Morethan70percentofthecountry’sgasreservesareheldbyGazprom,astate-ownedenergygiant. Russiasuppliesaboutone-thirdofEurope’snaturalgas.USsanctionsovertheconflictcoulddisruptthatsupply,exacerbatingEurope’senergycrisis.OnFebruary22,GermanyhaltedthecertificationofNordStream2,an$11.6bnRussiangaspipelineprojectthatwasdesignedtomove151millioncubicmetresofgasadayintoEurope. Russiaalsohassomeofthelargestprovenoilreserves,at80billionbarrels,or5percentoftheworld’stotal. Ukraine,too,hasasizeablereserveofoilandgasat395millionbarrelsand349billioncubicmetres,respectively.ThecountrysitsatthecrossroadsbetweentheWestandRussia,andplaysakeyroleindeliveringRussiangastoEuropeanmarkets. Readmoreabouttheworld’soilandgaspipelineshere. (AlJazeera) 8.RussiaandUkraine’smainexports Morethanone-quarteroftheworld’swheatexportscomefromRussiaandUkraine.Economicsanctionsormilitaryactionmayhaveasignificanteffectonthecostoffoodasimportersseektofindalternatives.Russiaexported$407bninproductsandUkraine$49bnin2019. ReadmoreaboutRussia,Ukraineandtheglobalwheatsupplyhere. (AlJazeera) 9.WhichcountriesrelymostonRussianoil? In2019,theworld’stopexportersofcrudeoilwereSaudiArabia($145bn),Russia($123bn),Iraq($73.8bn),Canada($67.8bn),andtheUS($61.9bn). Chinaboughtaboutone-quarter(27percent)ofRussia’stotaloilexportsworth$34bn.However,givenChina’smassiveenergyneeds,thismadeuponly16percentofthecountry’soilimports. Atleast48countriesimportedRussiancrudeoilin2019.ThecountriesthatrelymostonRussianoilinclude:Belarus,Cuba,Curacao,Kazakhstan,Latvia–eachimportingmorethan99percentoftheircrudeoilfromRussia. Thegraphicbelowshowshowmuchofeachcountry’stotalcrudeoilimportscomefromRussia. ReadmoreaboutwhatabanonRussianoilmeanshere. (AlJazeera) 10.WhichcountriesbuythemostRussianweapons? Russiaistheworld’ssecond-largestarmsexporter,behindtheUnitedStates,accountingforroughly20percentofglobalweaponssales.Between2016and2020,Moscowsold$28bnofweaponsto45countries. Russiaexportsnearly90percentofitsarmsto10countries.Itsbiggestcustomer,India,bought23percentofRussia’sweaponsforsome$6.5bnoverthepastfiveyears.HalfofIndia’stotalarmsimports,49.3percent,comefromRussia. Chinaisthesecond-largestbuyerofRussianweaponryat$5.1bnoverthesameperiodfollowedbyAlgeria($4.2bn),Egypt($3.3bn),andVietnam($1.7bn),accordingtotheStockholmInternationalPeaceResearchInstitute(SIPRI). ReadmoreaboutRussianweaponshere. (AlJazeera) Source:AlJazeera