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Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia

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Vladimir Putin Sergey Shoygu Valery Gerasimov Igor Korobov Aleksandr Vitko Denis Berezovsky Alexander Lentsov[32]

The Russo-Ukrainian War[69] (Ukrainian: російсько-українська війна , romanized: rosiisko-ukrainska viina; Russian: российско-украинская война , romanized: rossiysko-ukrainskaya voyna) is an ongoing and protracted conflict between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2014. The war has centered around the status of the Ukrainian regions of Crimea and Donbas.

Following the Euromaidan protests and the 22 February subsequent removal of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, and amidst wide unrest across southern and eastern Ukraine, Russian soldiers without insignias took control of strategic positions and infrastructure within the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. On 1 March 2014, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation unanimously adopted a resolution on petition of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to use military force on territory of Ukraine.[70] The resolution was adopted several days later after the start of the Russian military operation on "Returning of Crimea". Russia then annexed Crimea after a widely criticised referendum which was organized by Russia after the capturing of the Crimean Parliament by the Russian "little green men" and in which the population of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea voted to join the Russian Federation, according to Russian official results (it was reported about 95.5% of participating voters in Crimea (turnout was 83%) were in favour of seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia).[15][71][72][73][74] In April, demonstrations by pro-Russian groups in the Donbas area of Ukraine escalated into a war between the Ukrainian government and the Russian-backed separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. In August, Russian military vehicles crossed the border in several locations of Donetsk Oblast.[35][75][76][77][78] The incursion by the Russian military was seen as responsible for the defeat of Ukrainian forces in early September.[79][80]

In November 2014, the Ukrainian military reported intensive movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine.[81] The Associated Press reported 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move in rebel-controlled areas.[82] The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission observed convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in DPR-controlled territory without insignia.[83] OSCE monitors further stated they observed vehicles transporting ammunition and soldiers' dead bodies crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border under the guise of humanitarian aid convoys.[84] As of early August 2015, OSCE observed over 21 such vehicles marked with the Russian military code for soldiers killed in action.[85] According to The Moscow Times, Russia has tried to intimidate and silence human rights workers discussing Russian soldiers' deaths in the conflict.[86] OSCE repeatedly reported that its observers were denied access to the areas controlled by "combined Russian-separatist forces".[87]

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