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Emma Dietz (G8)
Current Events
Published Issue 5 2021-2022
Intro
More than 100,000 Russian troops stand at the Russia-Ukraine border as tensions rise between the two countries. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is standing at the ready to launch a war long awaited.
History
Both Russia and Ukraine have been at odds for a really long time. Ukraine first became separate from Russia in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 92% of voters in Ukraine voted for the separation of the two countries. Both Russia and Ukraine originated from the territory of Rus in the 9th century. Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv still bears much evidence of the ancient territory. Vladimir Putin has stated multiple times that Ukraine is not a real country and rather an integral part of Russia itself. During the Cold War Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, but separated when the USSR collapsed in 1991. Unfortunately tensions heightened as word spread of Ukraine joining NATO in 2010. Georgia, another former member of the Soviet Union and bordering country of Russia, developed close ties to NATO which resulted in Russia invading Georgia in 2008. In 2014 Ukraine’s former president stood against Ukraine developing stronger bonds to the European Union and was exiled to Russia as a result.
Current
Currently Russia has become more aggressive after losing its influence over countries such as Turkey, Poland and of course, Hungary following the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR. It also lost ties to leading political parties in Germany as well, which has brought tensions between it and the entire European union much higher.
Putin has deployed 100,000 soldiers that are battle ready at the border. Russia has now deployed multiple troops to Ukraine stating that they are merely helping quash rebellions. On February 24th morning PST Russia began bombing Ukraine from all sides leaving no escape for the poor citizens.
France
Emmanuel Macron, the President of France has attempted negotiation with Russia. He was told by Putin that no more troops would be destroyed in negotiation; unfortunately of the 100,000 soldiers none would be returned. Macron also refused to do a Covid test in Russia to avoid Putin gaining his DNA.
European Union
The European Union(EU) has a fear of Russia and Putin's use of nuclear weaponry and therefore, no matter the events that unfold in Ukraine, Europe has a very little chance of intervening at all. Perhaps Putin’s main strategy is to attack the Ukraine and have the rest of the EU attack him leaving them to have broken the peace instead of the other way around? Unfortunately the EU knows this and therefore fully understands the consequences of attacking Russia which will lead them to not intervening and watching from the sidelines as Ukraine gets bombed by Putin.
Conclusion
In conclusion the war between Russia and Ukraine will continue to rise unless any other country is willing to get in between the two and start a new set of conflicts. In this case is Ukraine simply a piece the European Union is willing to give up to avoid all out nuclear war or any armed conflicts with Russia in general?
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