Russia-Ukraine explained
So what are the key issues behind the conflict, where did it all begin and how might the crisis unfold?Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 after the country's Moscow-friendly presidentWeeks later, Russia threw its weight behind a separatist insurgency that broke out in Ukraine's east, which eventually saw the pro-Russian rebels declare the DPR and LPR independent states, although they previously went entirely unacknowledged by the international community.
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