Russian Invasion of Ukraine Flashcards
What was the Euromaiden protests?
A concatenation of contestations and demonstrations that were oriented towards the criticizing of the Ukrainian president Yanukovych’s unanticipated refrainment of the signing of The European Union-Ukraine Association Agreement, despite popularity among the Ukrainian parliament, and instead prioritizing closer relations with Russia in the form of Eurasion Economic Union.
What was the European Union-Ukraine Association Agreement?
An agreement that commits Ukraine to economic, judicial and financial reforms to converge its policies and legislation to those of the European Union.
Who was Viktor Yanukovych?
The former President of Ukraine whom decided not to sign the European Union-Ukraine Association Agreement and instead prioritized the maintenance and preservation of Ukraine’s affiliation with the Eurasion Economic Union, which lead to the Euromaiden protests.
Eurasion Economic Union
An economic trade agreement that exists between former Soviet states. Members include Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
What was the Revolution of Dignity?
An insurrection that occurred after an intense concatenation of protests and demonstrations calling for the abdication, renunciation and resignation of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in the capital city of Kyiv.
What instigated and stimulated the orientation of Russia to initiate a full scale military invasion and annexation of Crimea
Russia believed that the coup was gratuitous and illegitimate and after enduring the recipience of a solicitation from Yanukovych for assistance, in conglomeration with pro-Russian forces occupying geographical locations in the Donbas region, annexed Crimea.
What was the War in Donbas?
After Yanukovych’s resignation, pro-Russian and antigovernment forces occupying positions in the southeastern region of Donbas initiated demonstrations which led to armed Russian-backed separatists to seize government buildings throughout Donbas and led to armed conflict between Ukrainian government forces.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
A military defense treaty established as a retaliatory counter action against the establishment of NATO, which united a conglomeration of nations a formed an alliance. It dissolved in 1991.
What was Putin’s motivation and justification for invading Ukraine?
The conceptualization of the deleteriously threatening essence of Ukraine desiring to join NATO, the belief that most Ukrainians support Russia, the apprehension of the illegitimacy of Ukraine actually being a Sovereign country and the desideration to undergo the demilitarization and de-nazification of Ukraine.
When did the Russian invasion of Ukraine begin?
February 19th, ‘22 Russia recognized the Donbas regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent sovereign republics and sent military personal into these locations the next day. Two days later on the 24th, Putin announced a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine and began launching missiles into Ukraine.
Budapest Memorandum
The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance, prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, “except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.” As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.
