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, along with some key moments since the war began three years...
Vladimir Putin has replaced the commander of Russia's ground forces, according to a decree published on the Kremlin's website. Gen Oleg Salyukov, 69, had been in charge of Russia's land forces since 2014, overseeing involvement in the Syrian civil war and the full-scale invasion of Ukrai...
"Their American colleagues" intend to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine to keep Russia "in a state of hostilities as long as possible," Lavrov added. -- Russia said that it is expelling U.S. diplomats in response to Washington's recent expulsion of Russian diplomats from the United Nation...
-- Then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and local armed groups in eastern Ukraine signed a ceasefire protocol in Minsk, where envoys from the two sides as well as Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe held talks for a possible political solution to the crisis. ...
Russia's war in Ukraine has proven counterproductive to President Vladimir Putin's goals of reining in the enlargement of the NATO military alliance, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday. "[Putin] went to war because he wanted less NATO. He's getting more NATO," Stolte...
What is the perception of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in public debates on Twitter, especially those of the people most involved in the conflict? RQ4: Is it possible to identify bots among Twitter accounts that spread opinions in favor of the war?
Before the war, Ukraine and Russia accounted for almost a quarter of global grain exports. Those shipments came to a severe halt for nearly six months until the U.N.'s Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed. — Amanda Macias Thu, Jan 26 20232:00 PM EST ...
Zelensky has used Telegram to share news updates about the Russia-Ukraine War.(more) On February 21, 2022, Putin responded by recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukrainian territory as “peacekeepers,” ...
1919: Ukraine Divided Into Four Parts - In the aftermath of World War I, present-day Ukraine gets split into four parts. Russia retains by far the biggest share, while smaller bits are handed out to Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia. 1921: End of Civil War - The Bolsheviks emerge victori...