Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full-scale attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 and many in the world are now getting a crash course in the complex and intertwined history of those two nations and their peoples. Much of what the public is hearing, though, is jarring to historian S...
ukraine, in particular, is a “critical element” of this ambition, bowman adds. putin has a history of invading and occupying countries that approach nato membership. russian armies invaded the former soviet state of georgia in 2008 as that country was pursuing membership in the alliance. they...
For Russia, Ukraine is of high strategic importance to its survival and sovereignty. World War II taught Russians an important lesson in this regard: When Nazi German troops occupied Ukraine, Moscow eventually lost access to the Black Sea and the Caucasus. Therefore, if Ukraine were to join NAT...
Since Feb.17th, 2022, the situation in the eastern parts of Ukraine has been deteriorating. The Ukrainian government and local civilian armed forces accused each other of launching aggressive shelling on the contact line. Feb.18th, the local civilian armed forces made an announcement to evacuate l...
UKRAINELEGACIESHEGEMONYRUSSIAN languageGEOPOLITICSRUSSIAN historyThe legacy of the tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union is one of the crucial factors for an understanding and an explanation of current affairs in the post-Soviet space. This is especially true for Ukraine and for Russian鈥揢krainian ...
Not according to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who all but denies that Ukraine is its own country. "A stable statehood hasn't been built in Ukraine," Putin said this past week, trying to justify his invasion of Russia's neighbor. "It is an inherent part of our own history, cultur...
It was a major step for Germany in particular, as the country had previously been hesitant to provide tanks to Ukraine since the war began. The two countries have a history of disagreements over Russia. Next:February 2023: Russia Appears to Launch New Offensive in Ukraine...
As the war in Ukraine unfolds, here’s what you need to know. Get the latest developments as Russia’s attacks continue.
Putin’s attack against its sovereign neighbor shocked the world, upending the geopolitical status quo virtually overnight and stoking fears of a new nuclear crisis. The war in Ukraine has produced seemingly endless scenes of carnage. The war also fomented a historic refugee crisis:More than 6.8...
A brief summary of a long history In the late 1700s, much of Ukraine's territory became part of the Russian empire under Catherine the Great. Ukraine fought for independence in the early 20th century but lost and became part of the Soviet Union. ...