RUSSIA – UKRAINE CONFLICT

RUSSIA – UKRAINE CONFLICT. .

The unannounced war between Ukraine and Russia has taken the world politics, economy, and global market systems by storm and the diplomatic efforts by world leaders to resolve the crisis showed no sign of progress..

After months of posturing while simultaneously denying any plans to attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assaults on multiple cities in Ukraine began overnight on Feb. 24 and have continued day and night since then. A 40-mile convoy is stalled on the highway between Belarus and Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv..

What is Hidden In History. Russia and Ukraine share a very long history; both the countries have very similar cultures and traits which can be seen by their people's way of life. • The territory of Ukraine was also part of the Russian empire during Tsar Peter the Great. Ukraine was the second most constituent of the erstwhile Soviet Union (USSR). • Ukraine SSR was very important for the Soviet Union because of its position providing access to the Black sea through Crimea After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine declared itself as an independent country..

• Ukraine slowly and steadily opened up itself to western countries for developing its economy. Russia for many years still influenced Ukraine's politics because of its sphere of influence and elite Ukrainian establishment that shared history with the USSR. Viktor Yanukovych became Ukraine's President in 2010. He tried signing an economic treaty with the European Union which was failed. Russia was already concerned with the number of eastern European countries and ex-soviet countries joining European Union and NATO. • Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 and supported a separatist movement in eastern Ukraine in the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk..

After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Western countries led by the US put economic sanctions on Russia, and tensions between the east and west increased. The demands which are put forward by the Russian side are perceived by the west as a threat and violation of Ukrainian territorial integrity and sovereignty ..

NATO has stated that it has no intention of threatening Russia and nobody can stop Ukraine from taking decisions to join any organization they want. • President Biden has already warned Putin that the aggression will only create problems for Moscow and has requested for deescalating the situation..

Reasons for the war. There have been conflict between Russia and Ukraine since the departure of Ukraine from soviet union.But now the tensions escalated when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged US President Joe Biden to let Ukraine join NATO. Putin deems Ukraine as an artificial creation carved from Russia by enemies. He has also described Ukraine as a puppet of the West. Zelensky's request to be a part of NATO angered Russia and it started placing troops near the Ukraine border..

Russia thinks if Ukraine is allowed to join NATO, the group would move closer to Russia's borders. If Ukraine joins NATO, it is eligible to get support from the group's members in case of external attacks. At last on February 24 ,2022 Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine ,as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to "consequences you have never seen"..

Here are some facts we found out about ukrine !!.

Ukraine is an important agricultural country: 1st in Europe in terms of arable land area. 1st in Europe in terms of arable land area; 3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume) 1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil 4th place in the world in barley production and barley exports 5th largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world 4th largest producer of potatoes in the world 7th largest rye producer in the world 6th place in the world in bee production 6th place in the world in wheat exports.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people. Ukraine is an important industrialised country: 3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants. 9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products 4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world; 4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers 5th place in Europe and 15th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km) 5th largest iron exporter in the world 4th place in the world in clay exports.

For those who ask: “Why does Ukraine matter?" This is why Ukraine matters and That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world. Understand the facts and decide yourself who should we support in this crisis…...

SAY NO TO WAR.