Ukrainian Crisis

Ukrainian Crisis2013 ?

Euromaidan - Background30th March 2012: The EU and Ukraine initiate an Association AgreementAugust 2013: The RF changed its customs regulations on imports from Ukraine => significant drop in industrial production11th December 2013: Ukraine asked the EU and the RF for 20 billion Euros to offset the losses from August (EU 610 million, RF 11,1 billion)

Euromaidan21st November: first protests1st December: the protests escalate into violence8th December: more than 500,000 attendees22nd February 2014: president Yanukovich flees after being ousted from power

over 120 deathsneo-Nazi involvement

Russian intervention in Crimeaa pro-EU, pro-NATO party gained control over the Ukraine => the Russian Black See Fleet based in Sevastopol is threatened23rd February 2014: a bill was passed which made Ukrainian the sole state language in all of Ukraine

26th February: pro-Russian forces began occupying the Crimean peninsula16th March: Crimean status referendum 96,77% for joining Russia1st January 2015: Crimea joined the Russian Federation

The War in Donbass6th April: DPR27th April: LPRSeptember: ceasefireNovember and January: further escalations5400+ casualtiesAround 800,000 people fled to Russia