Ukraine conflict perspectives Flashcards
How has Ukraine been responding?
Armed Forces:
Fighting back, with some success
Turning Kyiv into a difficult city to capture
Conscripting fighting age men
Civilians:
Training with weapons
Creating own weapons
Fleeing conflict zones
Trying to survive in shelters and subways underground
How are other countries responding?
Imposing sanctions
Stopping trade with Russian banks.
Preventing Russia from accessing SWIFT, the main international payment system.
Limiting trade (imports and exports) of certain goods.
Banning planes flying to Russia from using their airspace.
Non governmental responses
Anonymous (hacker group) hacked Russian state TV to broadcast what was happening, counter to Russian reporting.
Elon Musk is providing Starlink internet connections via satellite over Ukraine
The Champions League Final was moved
