However, in order to speak about the true origin of the war between Russia and Ukraine in all its context, one would have to go back to the Middle Ages, the military invasion launched by Wladimir Putin February 24 can be explained from that which took place on Ukrainian territory between 2013 and 2014.
It all started when the then President of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych, near Moscow, decided to suspend the Association Agreement between the European Union and Kyiv. This sparked a nationwide wave of protests known as the “Revolution of the United States.” euromaidan‘, which involved numerous riots and led to the banishment of after several months Yanukovych. After that, a government of national unity led by the proEuropean Aleksandr Turchínov took power.
However, the exile Yanukovych and the arrival of an executive near Brussels caused the dissatisfaction of the Ukrainian population, which is ideologically close to Russia. ProRussian military troops then took the opportunity to invade Crimeaa peninsula on the shores of Black Sea, due to its geographic location and geostrategic value. In March 2014, the peninsula’s independence was confirmed.
The independence of Crimea, the key episode
This paramilitary maneuver was key and laid the groundwork for the escalation of a conflict that eight years later helped Vladimir Putin unleash allout war in Ukraine and attempt at all costs to overthrow the government of Volodymyr Zelensky. An endurance race that the Russian president, according to the West, began designing at least in 2014.
Days after Crimea proclaimed itself an independent state, its government organized a controversial referendum deemed illegal by Ukraine and the West in which the people voted for the peninsula’s accession to Russia. The international community has never recognized the legitimacy of this vote or the fact that the republic became Russian territory.
When tensions between Europe and Russia escalated a few weeks ago Interest of Ukraine in joining NATO The first area to which Vladimir Putin strengthened his military position, sending troops and weapons, was Crimea.