Ukraine case study Flashcards
how many people are Russian speakers in Ukraine
30%
when was Crimea part of Russia
1954
who was the pro - EU leader
Yushchenko
who was the pro Russia leader
Yanukovych
how many people died in the conflict
7000
how many Ukraine’s starved to death from 1992-1993
10 million Ukraine’s
was Crimea pro EU or pro Russia
pro Russia
was the capital pro - EU or pro Russia
pro - EU
why do Russia want to claim back the Donbass region
due to majority of the Donbass region identifying as ethnically Russian and most of them are Russian speaking, however, there is a clear divide as most people in Ukraine, identify as Ukrainian speaking and Ethnically Ukrainian.
why did Russia donate 15 billion to Ukraine
in order to get into their good books in a bid to make the country more Russian
what was the key idea, that caused the divide between Ukraine and Russia
- the principal that Russian believed, that some of the population wanted to be part of Russia due to being Russian speaking, however, this was a threat to territorial integrity and sovereignty
- (put simply, ethnic and linguist differences)
how much of Crimea is Russian speaking
60%
what is the problem in Ukraine
that half of the country is Pro - EU and the other half of the country is pro - Russia, which has created a lot of political instability and unrest.
what is the problem with Ukraine government
failure, for it to have a national identity due to the conflict of ideas from different regions of the country, leading to political instability.
when did the Russia government intervene with military action, in order to claim Ukraine as part of Russia
on the 1st of march 2014
how many people were IDP’s in Lugansk and Donestk
1.47 million out of the 5.2 million
how many people had to flee their homes due to the conflict
600,000 people had to flee their homes due to the conflict
what happen to the evacuees
they moved into summer camps with a lack of income, and necessary resources.
how many deaths where there
7000
how many injuries where present
13,900
what where the economic effects
loss of jobs and a stable economy, due to certain industries being targeted by the Russian army.
what airport was the scene of heavy fighting
Donetsk airport.
environmental impacts
large area of woodland had been burned and destroyed, leading to a lack of habitat for wildlife.
when Putin, declare that Russia was going to take military action against Ukraine
on the 1st of March 2014
when did the US president at the time who was Barack Obama, tell Putin to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine
on the 2nd of March 2014
when was the orange revolution in Ukraine
in 2004
why was ukraine geopolitically tense?
- due to the different ethnic groups that are present within and around ukraine
- due to ukraine Separating russia from the western europe (NATO)
- (situated between east and west europe)
