The war in Ukraine.
The war between Ukraine and Russia is a complex conflict that arose after the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution. In this revolution, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was deposed after months of massive protests by Ukrainian citizens.
This led to an increase in tensions between Russia and Ukraine, as Russia saw Yanukovych's ouster as a Western conspiracy against Russia.
Below is an explanation of the main events that led to the current war between Ukraine and Russia.
1. In March 2014, Russia annexed Crimea, a peninsula that until then had been part of Ukraine.
Russia justified this annexation by stating that Crimea was historically part of Russia and that the majority of the population in Crimea was Russian. The international community condemned this annexation as illegal and unlawful.
