Crimean Conflict (10.2)

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-6

War in Ukraine 

Important!

Use this presentation and read 10.2 for background information about the Crimean conflict.

New countries and borders

as of 1990

The fall of communism and the Soviet Union changed the borders enormously.

Countries fall apart (Czechoslovakia) or come together again (Germany). At the end of the 20th century the map of Europe looks very different from the beginning.

1945- 1991 

Cold War

• Europa is divided into to blocks
•  Ukraine is still apart of the Sovjet-Union
•  West - Europe works together in NATO
•  Article 5 > An attack on one of us is an attack on all

NATO vs Warsaw pact

1989 - 1991

Cold War is ending 

Sovjet-Union goes bankrupt 

Berlin Wall falls in 1989

Warsaw Pact and the Sovjet-Union dissolve in 1991

Sovjet-Union dissolves in 13 independent countries 

2014: Ukraine has been independent for 24 years and is looking more and more to Europe and the EU. Sign a deal which could give them EU membership. 

2014: The pro-Russian president Viktor Janoekovitsj flees to Moscow after riots that started when he tried to stop Ukrainian EU membership.

2014: Putin feels threatened and takes Crimea (part of Ukraine)

2014: He also helps to regions - Donetsk and Luhansk 

2014-2025: There has been fighting in Eastern Ukraine for more then 11 years!

2021 - februari 2022: Russian troops started massing at Ukrainian borders 

Why has Putin been attacking Ukraine?

Europa

EU

Russia:

• Why is NATO necessary?
  
• Ukraine is not an independent country. It belongs to Russia. 
  
• Putin does not want (more) EU or NATO at its borders
  

Ukraine: 

• Majority of Ukraine wants EU and NATO membership
  


• Putin just wants power. Its not about brethren people
  
• Let us join NATO and EU now!

Its also a war of misinformation

"NATO is the agressor."

"Ukraine is not a country."

"In the east of Ukraine the Ukrainian army is committing genocide on Russians."

How do the Russian look at the war? 

They have limited acces to free press

Be careful what you believe and share! 

There is propaganda from both sides

When will Russia stop - Peace talks

• Demilitarize Ukraine
• Change the government - Pro-Putin President
• Keep Crimea and Donbass

Ukraine?

- They want all the land back

Effects

• Ukrainians are fleeing
  
• Civilian deaths trough bombing
• Men of the age of 18 - 60 can't leave the country
• Protest world wide
• Sanctions from governments
•  Gas and oil prices are very high