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Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • War in DonbasOn the 12th of April 2014, a heavily armed unit led by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized the town of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine.
  • 2014 pro-Russian unrest in UkraineOn the 21st of November 2013, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an association agreement with the European Union.