Ukraine

Question 1

loss of life

Answer 1

Over 14,000 civilians have died since it began in 2014
Estimates of soldier deaths vary greatly

Question 2

displacement

Answer 2

12 million displaced
7 million internally
5 million internationally
most to Russia but also many to Poland and Germany

Question 3

healthcare

Answer 3

At least 927 hospitals damaged or destroyed

Question 4

education

Answer 4

At least 126 schools destroyed

Question 5

2004 NATO joiners

Answer 5

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Question 6

2014 President

Answer 6

Viktor Yanukovych

Question 7

Ukraine deals

Answer 7

Ukraine-EU Association agreement rejected for the Russian loan bailout

Question 8

2014 elected President

Answer 8

Petro Poroshenko

Question 9

History of Russia and Ukraine

Answer 9

Kievan Rus, USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republics)

Question 10

discovery of ukrainian…

Answer 10

oil reserves 2012

Question 11

Crimean coastline

Answer 11

2/3 of Ukraines coastline became Russia’s following the annexation

Question 12

Russian speakers

Answer 12

Kyiv Institute of Sociology estimated in 2004 that 43-46% of Ukraines population spoke Russian at home

Question 13

Russians in Crimea

Answer 13

2001 Ukrainian census - 58.4% Crimea’s population of Russian nationality compared to 24.4% of Ukrainian nationality

Question 14

political impact - ukraine

Answer 14

zelensky named Time Person of the Year 2022
December 2022 - zelensky visited Biden
May 2023 - Zelensky visited Sunak
zelensky has had visits from Olaf Scholz

Question 15

economic impact - ukraine

Answer 15

economy shrank by 30% in 2022
additional 8 million ukrainians in poverty
15-year setback in poverty reduction goals

Question 16

political impact - russia

Answer 16

13,000 Russian protesters arrested for protesting the war in the first 2 weeks after the Feb. 2022 invasion

Question 17

economic impact - russia

Answer 17

russian military spending 2022 - estimated to be $86.4 billion - 4.1% of GDP
over 600 foreign companies have left russia
many russian banks cut off from swift bank transfers

Question 18

economic impact - poland

Answer 18

over 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees now in Poland (UNHCR)
April 2023: inflation 14%

Question 19

political impact - poland

Answer 19

now the main destination for NATO troops arriving in the region to strengthen their eastern flank
BIden administration announced a $6 billion weapons sale to Warsaw

Question 20

economic impact - UK

Answer 20

March 2023: inflation 8.9%
strikes for rail workers, NHS, civil servants etc
£40 million boost to Liverpool from eurovision

Question 21

political impact - UK

Answer 21

Liz Truss lowered taxes, crashed the economy and resigned
2023 english council elections - conservatives lost 1,063 seats

Question 22

impact - africa

Answer 22

in 2020, 15 countries imported over 50% of their wheat from Ukraine + Russia
40% of African countries now have inflation in the double digits

Question 23

poland’s response

Answer 23

pledged $1.8 billion in weapons/arms transfers for Ukraine
committed 0.6% of GDP to aid for Ukraine
estimated cost of accepting the refugees is $8 billion this year

Question 24

US sanctions

Answer 24

bans on visas for russian oligarchs and politicians, financial restrictions - inc. cutting off russia’s largest bank from the US financial system, ban on military supplies being traded to Russia

Question 25

US military support

Answer 25

around $20 billion of military assistance to Ukraine inc. tanks, rockets, anti-tank weaponry and aircrafts including mi-17 helicopters

Question 26

UK response

Answer 26

Sunak pledged a £50 million package of defence aid inc. anti aircraft guns and radars over 150,000 refugees accepted under the 'homes for ukraine' scheme UK given over £220 million in humanitarian aid inc. medical supplies, food, water, cash and equipment

Question 27

UNSC permanent members

Answer 27

UK, USA, China, Russia, France

Question 28

Zelensky speech to UNGA

Answer 28

UNSC needs to act or 'dissolve' itself, saying they must "admit if there is nothing you can do besides conversation"

Question 29

UNSC passed...

Answer 29

resolution 2623 on 27.02.23 calling an immediate session of the UNGA to discuss the war

Question 30

UNGA passed...

Answer 30

ES-11/2 which condemned the war, demanding a full withdrawal of russian troops and Russia to reverse its declaration of independence of Luhansk and Donetsk

Question 31

UNGA resolution passed by....

Answer 31

141 pro 35 abstentions 5 against - Russia, North Korea, Syria, Eritrea, Belarus

Question 32

UNHCR cash assistance programme

Answer 32

offers displaced people 2,220 UAH per person per month for 3 months payments processed for over 350,000 individuals

Question 33

World Food Programme

Answer 33

supports 3 million people a month within Ukraine over $420 million distributed in cash assistance

Question 34

UN agencies funding

Answer 34

only 80% of required funding is met

Question 35

NATO response

Answer 35

Norway agreed to donate 5 military ambulances through the NATO EADRCC

Question 36

EU has...

Answer 36

27 member states

Question 37

EU sanctions

Answer 37

freezing the assets of 171 entities (inc banks) and 1,386 individuals (russian officials and elites) who also received travel bans, prohibiting the importation of most Russian crude-oil and petroleum products

Question 38

EU aid/funding

Answer 38

Feb 2023: EU has mobilised €37.8 billion in financial, humanitarian and emergency assistance to Ukraine