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MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Russia wants to avoid conflict with Ukraine and the West, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, but needs an ...

07.12.2021 · We take a look at the reasons behind any possible invasion. Why would Russia want to invade Ukraine? Ukraine declared itself independent of the Soviet Union in August 1991 and moved to a market...

Russia announced Saturday that more than 10000 troops had finished month-long drills near Ukraine, amid Western accusations that Moscow was ...

21.12.2021 · Today, Russia continues to occupy Crimea and control a swath of territory in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which are combined about the size of New Jersey. Separating them from the rest of Ukraine is a 250-mile maze of trenches and bunkers from which the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists wage a war of attrition that has killed …

06.12.2021 · "Russia has a clear aim: to weaken Ukraine so much that it will be relatively easy to control the country's politics. Moscow can achieve this by forcing Kyiv to implement the Minsk agreement on its...

Those attempting to answer this question often put forward the idea that Putin sees Ukraine as “Russia” and its inhabitants as “Russians,” and ...

... Ukraine [if Russia invades]. I will not live under occupation,” said a 51-year-old doctor, wife, mother of three, and gardener. “I would ...

What you need to know about Russia's troop build-up along Ukraine's ... Are Russian forces getting ready for war in Ukraine? ... What does Russia want?

Instead, they point to his demands for talks with the US on “legally binding security guarantees” over what Putin has called Russia's “red lines ...

19.02.2014 · Russia's reasons for exerting pressure on its smaller neighbor are deeply rooted in economics, history and culture. Here are just a few: 1. Russia has …

08.12.2021 · Russia recently moved troops toward the Ukrainian border, creating fears of an invasion. The background Putin believes that Ukraine — a country of 44 million people that was previously part of the...

For Putin, Ukraine seems to be key not because he dreams of resurrecting the Soviet Union or enlarging the territory of modern-day Russia by ...

Putin believes that Ukraine — a country of 44 million people that was previously part of the Soviet Union — should be subservient to Russia.

Then, on Dec. 17, 2021, Vladimir Putin demanded that no former Soviet states, such as Ukraine, be added to NATO – the Western alliance that ...