The Lead-Up to and Aftermath of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine On Feb. 24, 2022, the world watched as Russia invaded its neighboring country, Ukraine. How did the two countries, once tied together by the Soviet Union, get to this point? These are the major events that led to the crisis...
-- Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia may last at least "several weeks," given the number of mutually exclusive positions, Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to the Head of the President's Office of Ukraine, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. March 15, 2022 -- Zelensky met with the prim...
-- U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Thursday additional sanctions against Russia and the deployment of more troops to Europe as conflicts in Ukraine continue to evolve. -- Advisor to head of the President's Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak said Russian forces seized Chernobyl nuclear pow...
-- Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia may last at least "several weeks," given the number of mutually exclusive positions, Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to the Head of the President's Office of Ukraine, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. March 15, 2022 -- Zelensky met with the prim...
Trump has repeatedly pressured both Russia and Ukraine to accept a ceasefire and peace deal to end the war that has lasted over three years. Cecelia Smith-SchoenwalderMay 19, 2025 Lunch Break: Biden’s Bad News The former president has cancer, and the current president has beef ...
Biden’s policies—such as investment restrictions on Chinese technology sectors—were a point of friction. However, the two leaders found common ground on the importance of preventing the use of artificial intelligence in nuclear decision-making. With North Korea’s role in the Ukraine conflict rai...
Its fourteen articles reduced the territorial possessions of Russia to those of Muscovy before the time of Peter the Great. Poland, the Baltic Provinces and the Ukraine were all surrendered as well as a third of Russia's population. [Brest-Litovsk | AC]...
Germany declared war on Russia while its troops violated the neutrality of Luxembourg. [AC]2 Aug 1914 German troops crossed the frontier into France. [AC] In France, the Law of Siege gave the army the power to requisition goods, to control the press, and to apply military law to civilia...
As to the Ukrainian crisis, French top diplomat "expressed concern over the resumption of fighting in eastern Ukraine in recent days." He called on Moscow "to do everything" to end fighting and facilitate civilian populations' access to humanitarian aid. Russia called on Ukraine to "immediately...
The Lead-Up to and Aftermath of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine On Feb. 24, 2022, the world watched as Russia invaded its neighboring country, Ukraine. How did the two countries, once tied together by the Soviet Union, get to this point? These are the major events that led to the crisis...