Russia vs Ukraine

Question 1

kiev

Answer 1

ukraine capital

Question 2

kievan rus

Answer 2

birthplace of Russia + Ukraine

Question 3

great terror

Answer 3

brutal political campaign led by Stalin to eliminate decenting members of the communist party & anyone else he considered a thread

Question 4

NATO

Answer 4

security alliance of 30 countries from north america + europe

Question 5

EU

Answer 5

political and economic union of 27 member states

Question 6

what did the intelligence of us discover?

Answer 6

the intelligence of the us was able to know the attack of Russia in advance and told countries to prepare

Question 7

how many refugees is poland sheltering

Answer 7

2 million

Question 8

conflict and war

Answer 8

Russia believes Ukraine belongs to them because they share same history , close together , some ukraines speak russian and religion comes from same root

Russia doesnt want ukraine to join EU because this will mean they will lose ukraine to the other side and lose economic trade with ukraine

ukraine wanted to join the nato and Russia was in disagreement because it was a threat for them so putin decided to unleash a “secret military operation” in ukraine and it turned out into an invasion

Question 9

soviet union

Answer 9

powerful group of communists republics one of the most centralized regimes of the world collapsed in 1991

Question 10

What is happening with exports and Russia

Answer 10

russia is refusing to sell to countries that support ukraine’s independence

Question 11

sanctions

what are countries doing to avoid helping russias economy

what are freezing assets

Answer 11

formal / informal punishments or rewards for right or wrong behaviors, imposed to cause problems for Russia

• countries are looking for other ways to look for resources as they dont want to help russias economy
• freezing assets : wealthy people arre being punished by restrictions on their goods