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TIMELINE:

THE WAR IN DONBASS

22 February 2014

Summer 2014

1991

March 2014

2017

Protesters oust Yanukovych.

The USSR collapses and Ukraine gains independence. However, Russia maintains influence over Ukraine and a large Russian diaspora remains in eastern Ukraine.

Russia launches an invasion of the Donbass after the Luhansk and Donetsk regions secede from Ukraine and become autonomous states.

Several truce attempts fail as each side blames the other for ceasefire violations.

Pro-Russian protests begin in the Donbass province of eastern Ukraine while seperatist forces and the Russian military prepare for a conflict.

Learn more about the 2014 revolution.

Learn more about the escalation of the conflict during the early months of 2017.

Learn more about the seperatist movement in the Donbass.

See a map of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics.

See a map of the evolution of Ukraine throughout Soviet rule.

(Andrew Butko)

(Andrew Butko)

(Mstyslav Chernov/UNFRAME)

(UKRAINIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE)

(Mstyslav Chernov)

(Kirill Novikov/RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE)

(KREMLIN)

2013

February-March 2014

April 2014

Spring 2021

2015

The Euromaidan movement begins, protesting against corruption in the Ukrainian government led by pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.

On the direction of the Russian government, seperatist militants seize government and police buildings throughout the Donetsk province.

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes advantage of the precarious political situation to annex Crimea.

Despite the Minsk Protocol ceasefire, fighting escalates at Donetsk and Luhansk.

Russian forces build up at the Ukrainian border. Currently, much of the Donbass remains under Russian control.

Learn more about the Minsk Protocol.

See a map of Crimea.

Learn more about the insurgencies.

See a map of the current frontline.

Learn more about the Euromaidan protests.

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