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Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and reactions to it
The is widely dated to February 2014, when occupied and then and backed separatists in eastern , initiating sustained armed conflict . That conflict was dramatically escalated into a full‑scale invasi...
The statement " will never invade " is factually false: Vladimir Putin ordered and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, a step preceded by years of tensions, proxy warfare an...
The available reporting shows launched a full-scale invasion of on 24 February 2022 after an eight-year conflict that began with Russia’s and ; international coverage and major reference works charact...
The – confrontation is a prolonged, multi-phase conflict that escalated from Russia’s into a , producing shifting front lines, large-scale displacement and entrenched geopolitical rivalry . Battles of...
The Ukraine–Russia war traces back to a contest over Ukraine’s orientation and territories that erupted into open conflict after Russia’s covert seizure of Crimea in 2014 and expanded dramatically whe...
After 1991 Russia asserted influence over Ukraine through a mix of historical claims, institutional ties left by the Soviet system, energy leverage, and political interventions—responses rooted in Sov...
’s presidency is widely criticized for concentrating power, curtailing political freedoms, and enabling a system of selective law enforcement and corruption that benefits allies; critics also blame hi...
The available reporting shows the large-scale, international consensus that initiated the major phases of the : the covert seizure of in 2014, long-running Russia-backed fighting in from 2014 onward, ...
launched a full-scale invasion of on 24 February 2022, attacking from , from occupied and along eastern fronts, a major escalation of a conflict that began in 2014 . The war has since produced shiftin...
The preponderance of independent reporting and international investigations attributes systematic human rights abuses in Crimea since 2014 to Russian occupying authorities and allied pro‑Russian actor...
From an initial U.S. response after Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea—largely nonlethal aid and training—to a massive outflow of security and direct budgetary support after February 2022, the documen...