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UKRAINE

In 2014, with support and encouragement from Russia, Pro-Russian Ukrainian citizens began a military campaign that has killed more than 14,000 people. Many of those deaths were civilians in Crimea and the Donbass region along Ukraine's southeastern border with Russia. After 7 years of open warfare, the situation has intensified as Russia has launched an invasion that has the world's 3rd largest military crossing borders on all sides and assaulting towns and cities throughout Ukraine.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEARNING RESOURCES

What's Happening Now

Official U.S. Response

U.S. Support for Russia

Civilian Resistance

LEARNING RESOURCES

Background

Conflict in Ukraine | Global Conflict TrackerLearn about the world's top hotspots with this interactive Global Conflict Tracker from the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Russia's at war with Ukraine. Here's how we got hereSince breaking from the Soviet Union, Ukraine has wavered between the influences of Moscow and the West, surviving scandal and conflict with its democracy intact. Now it faces an existential threat.

Mapping Russian attacks across UkraineAfter months of tensions, Russian forces launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine on Thursday.

What's Happening Now

Russia-Ukraine latest news: gunfights continue in Kyiv as Germany sends anti-tank weapons and missiles – liveUkrainians mount strong resistance to Putin’s troops, as Germany breaks with policy of not exporting arms to war zones

NATO, explained: Why the alliance was formed — and what it's doing for Ukraine Russia's attack on Ukraine has put a focus on the North Atlantic alliance. Here's what you need to know about NATO.

Ukraine | Today's latest from Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 23)A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

People in Ukraine's capital take cover as Russians approachKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops closed in on Kyiv and skirmishes flared on its outskirts Saturday as Ukraine's leader vowed to continue battling an invasion that had the country's people seeking safety underground.

Russia launches all-out assault to encircle Ukraine troops in east Moscow is attempting to seize the Donbas region of two eastern provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk

Official U.S. Response

Biden Administration Debates Legality of Arming Ukrainian ResistanceRussia could make the case that the United States is a co-combatant.

How the Biden administration is responding to the Russian incursion in UkrainePresident Biden on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russian banks, oligarchs and other strategic sectors after Russian troops entered Ukraine. But will the U.S. consider even harsher sanctions moving forward and can Congress and U.S. allies in Europe maintain a united front? State Department spokesperson Ned Price joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the Biden administration's response.

Biden hits Russia with sanctions, shifts troops to GermanyWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hit back Thursday against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine , unleashing robust new sanctions, ordering the deployment of thousands of additional troops to NATO ally Germany and declaring that America would stand up to Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Minsk Protocol

Don’t Let Russia Fool You About the Minsk AgreementsThe deals reached several years ago are far from perfect, but they nonetheless offer a way to talk to Russia while pressing it not to invade further.

Ukraine-Russia crisis: What is the Minsk agreement?France’s Macron says the 2015 ceasefire deal between Kyiv and Moscow offers a ‘path’ to peace.

Minsk Agreements Must Be Used to Settle The Ukraine Issue<p>"all parties concerned should let reason prevail, adhere to the general direction of political solution, and refrain from any act that may provoke tensions or hype up the crisis," Zhang said.</p>

Putin

Vladimir Putin’s Hall of MirrorsThe Russian president sees the world through the lens of maskirovka and provokatsiia.

Ukraine: Putin Chooses His ‘Forever War’Russian President Vladimir Putin’s massive, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has received the immediate response promised by the United States and allied democracies: economic sanctions and solid support for Ukraine’s self-defense. While deterrence failed to divert Putin from war, its escalation remains a vital tool for the community of democracies to support Ukraine. The choice continues to be Putin’s—to stand down or to dive into an abyss of Europe’s most destructive war in eight decades.

When John McCain called Putin a “thug and a murderer,” this is what he was talking aboutQuartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion.

Zelensky

Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslidePolitical novice Volodymyr Zelensky wins by a landslide as incumbent Petro Poroshenko admits defeat.

A Prayer for Volodymyr ZelenskyHistory has found the Ukrainian president, and his courage is remarkable to witness.

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky: The comedian president who is rising to the momentUkraine's president had no experience of politics when when elected in 2019, but has emerged as a convincing war leader.

U.S. Support for Russia

Will the GOP’s Trumpist Wing Persist in Its Embrace of Putin?The Russian autocrat hasn’t changed since the Cold War, but many Republicans have come full circle.

Analysis | Republicans view Putin more favorably than they do leading DemocratsLess than half of Republicans view Putin very unfavorably.

Tucker Carlson is steering Republican opinion to support Vladimir Putin — polling shows he might have an opening

Civilian Resistance

Ukrainian citizens join resistance in Kyiv | NHK WORLD-JAPAN NewsUkrainian citizens are taking up arms alongside the military to protect their capital Kyiv from Russia's invasion.

Ukrainians ready for resistance: ‘The whole country will be fighting back’Army less well equipped than Russia’s but can call upon half a million combat-experienced veterans

Ukraine’s Civilian SoldiersThe photographers Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni captured these portraits of civilian soldiers from 2014 to 2015—showing the human cost of Ukraine’s never-ending crisis:

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