Conflict in Ukraine

For my GPHC conflict blog, I chose to study the conflict, sometimes considered a civil war, in Ukraine. This conflict first started in 2014 although unrest in the country dates further back. Ukraine was an idealistically split country in which the western half was pro-european, and the eastern half, including their president, Viktor Yanukovych, was russian influenced.
The country was given a chance for a deal to integrate more into the European Union, and was split by people who wanted this, and many, including the president who ended up not taking the deal, didn’t. Many protests against this decision started in late 2013. Later, some of these began to get violent between the protestors and the police before the president fled the country in February 2014. In March 2014, Russian troops took control of Crimea, the part of the country with the most russian speakers and the most pro-russians. President Vladimir Putin claimed he was protecting the rights citizens who opposed the EU and eventually wanted to separate from Ukraine.
In April, fighting broke out between the Ukrainian military and the pro-russian civilians, who were backed by russian troops. As this fight began to escalate, the EU and US started getting involved, especially after a malaysian airlines flight was shot down in July 2014, killing 298 people. In the following years, it was concluded that this flight was shot down over Ukraine by a russian-built missile. In early 2015, France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine attempted to make compromises including a cease fire and large weapon withdrawals. This is called the Minsk Accords.
Even though a large amount of the fighting within Ukraine has stopped since the ceasefire, parts of Ukraine are still considered a war zone and there is still a lot of violence in the country. There have also been several different kinds of attacks on Ukraine including cyber attacks that caused huge blackouts. Overall, more than 10,000 civilians were killed during this conflict.

Works Cited:
Thompson, Nick. “Ukraine: Everything You Need to Know About How We Got Here.” CNN, 3
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“Conflict in Ukraine.” Council on Foreign Relations, 2 November 2018. Web.
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“Ukraine Ceasefire: New Minsk Agreement Key Points.” BBC News, 12 February 2015.


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