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npr russia ukraine timeline
NATO's secretary-general visits Kyiv, and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk visits NATO headquarters in Brussels. On Feb. 24, Russian forces launch a devastating assault on Ukrainian territory the largest such military operation in Europe since the end of World War II. Nariman El-Mofty/AP In mid-February, the fighting escalates between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces in the two eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. We've called on Mary Elise Sarotte. Jason Beaubien/NPR Yanukovych wins the election amid accusations of rigging. He sits down with Short Wave's Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber to talk about how the Russian invasion is harming the environment even beyond Ukraine's borders. SAROTTE: NATO is not going to add Ukraine as a member. ", Grain fields backdropped by a power plant in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Friday. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s. On Feb. 21, Putin formally recognizes the independence of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic including territory claimed by separatists but controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces. hide caption. July 14, 2022 More than 20 people were killed when Russian missiles hit several buildings in Vinnytsia, a central city that has become a major logistical hub for humanitarian aid and military operations. Diplomatic efforts pick up pace across Europe. Accuracy and availability may vary. The Soviet Union officially dissolves on Dec. 26. Now, he will use those skills to seek out war criminals in the Russia-Ukraine war. Authorities recall Ukrainian soldiers from other parts of the USSR and vote to shut down the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. SAROTTE: So thaws are precious. Yanukovych is elected president in February. In the foreground is the Monument to Scuttled Ships, marking Russia's intentional destruction of its own naval fleet in the Crimean War in 1854 as British and French warships approached. Johnson may have been shown the door in Britain, but he remains a popular figure in Ukraine, where he is admired for his support for the country's effort to repel the Russian invasion. hide caption. Jason Beaubien/NPR In late February, violence between police and protesters leaves more than 100 dead in the single bloodiest week in Ukraine's post-Soviet history. SAROTTE: Yes. Jason Beaubien/NPR There are both identity reasons and strategic reasons for that. But city garbage collectors are still picking up the trash. AP It remains the only time that a European nation has used military force to seize the territory of another since World War II. As Russian forces begin an all-out assault on Ukraine after months of troop buildup and failed diplomatic efforts by the U.S. and its European allies to head off conflict, the situation for Kyiv is the most high-stakes in the country's 30-year history. hide caption. A placard featuring an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading "We are with him for the sovereignty of Russia! And you?" Eleanor Beardsley/NPR Anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Independence Square, known as Maidan, in Kyiv on Feb. 19, 2014. July 21, 2022 Eli Rosenbaum spent his career hunting down Nazis after World War II. And gradually, that leads, in cumulative interaction, to a deterioration of the newfound cooperation. Ahead of a scheduled impeachment vote on Feb. 22, Yanukovych flees, eventually arriving in Russia. Here's what it's like. Igor the clown puts on a show for the children at caf Lito, or Summer cafe, in Chernivtsi's Taras Chevchenko Park. Since the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, many Ukrainians have turned away from Moscow and toward the West, with popular support on the rise for joining Western alliances such as NATO and the European Union. He cites pressure from Russia as a reason for his decision. hide caption, July 11, 2022 A Ukrainian official says Russian shelling and missile strikes in Kharkiv hit only civilian buildings such as a shopping center, a a school and a shopping center, and are "absolute terrorism. He says Ukraine should be a "neutral state," cooperating with both Russia and Western alliances like NATO. hide caption. Several U.S. officials later testify that Zelenskyy was close to announcing such an investigation, though he ultimately demurs, saying Ukrainians are "tired" of Burisma. Her latest book is "Not One Inch: America, Russia, And The Making Of Post-Cold War Stalemate." In a phone call with Trump in July 2019, Zelenskyy requests a visit to the White House to meet with Trump about U.S. backing of Ukraine's efforts to push off Russia. Destroyed tanks and trucks line the farm roads that bisect Mykhailo Liubchenko's plots. Residents fleeing rural villages there describe their desperation under Russian military control. FADEL: So what becomes of this moment of opportunity? Many wave the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag that had been banned under Soviet rule. hide caption. hide caption. FADEL: And so now we're here - 2022, Russian troops surrounding Ukraine right now. Putin feels strongly that Russia and Ukraine are one indivisible nation; they should never have become separate states. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President George W. Bush supports Ukraine's membership, but France and Germany oppose it after Russia voices displeasure. July 17, 2022 Ukraine lost territory to Russia in the southern Kherson region early in the war. Take us back to that time. Ukrainians demonstrate in front of the Communist Party's Central Committee headquarters in Kyiv on Aug. 25, 1991, the day after Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union. Two years after his entanglement with Trump, Zelenskyy visits the White House to meet with President Biden. July 10, 2022 A Russian rocket attack hit the town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-story apartment building and killing at least 15 people. Inna Kravchenko, 52, and her mother, Rasa Kozlova, 75, moments after crossing by bike from Russian-occupied territory in the Kherson region to the Ukrainian-controlled village of Zelenodolsk. It too has been unsuccessful at ending the violence. SAROTTE: Well, one of the big open questions is the question of NATO enlargement. Among them, he asks NATO to permanently bar Ukraine from membership and withdraw forces stationed in countries that joined the alliance after 1997, including Romania and Balkan countries. In April, NATO responds with a compromise: It promises that Ukraine will one day be a member of the alliance but does not put it on a specific path for how to do so. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. July 8, 2022 In western Ukraine, far from the front lines, Ruslana Mygalyuk hires a clown to give children a night of laughter and fun. Thanks for being on the program, Mary Elise. In December, Ukrainians vote to make their independence official when they approve the declaration by a landslide 92% of votes in favor. U.S. officials, including Biden, increase the urgency of their warnings, saying that Russia has decided to invade. hide caption. Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images FADEL: The fall of Boris Yeltsin; the rise of Vladimir Putin. Construction crews are cleaning up bombed buildings and people are returning to work. In response, the U.S. and allies in Europe impose sanctions on Russia. That was one of the things that had prompted Putin to launch military action against Georgia in 2008. "This is our task," a Ukrainian drone surveillance unit member says. July 18, 2022 Ukraine's soldiers have held off a full-scale Russian invasion. They were able to bring three bags of belongings but fear their house they left behind will be destroyed by Russian soldiers. July 19, 2022 As the war in Ukraine nears its sixth month, people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv are finding a new normal. In Ukraine, January 1990 sees more than 400,000 people joining hands in a human chain stretching some 400 miles from the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk to Kyiv, the capital, in the north-central part of Ukraine. FADEL: And what does that look like, going from opportunity to hardening? Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption. July 8, 2022 While Britons might be happy to see their prime minister go, Ukrainians hold him in higher regard. Ukrainian troops train with small arms on March 13, 2015, outside Mariupol, Ukraine. It was just one of many instances when Russia hit Ukraine's civilian areas. What was Putin's calculus there? But rising casualties are taking a toll and the lackluster welcome soldiers received from some fellow citizens has hurt their morale. Putin is obsessed with that, but he is also obsessed with the year 1997, when Boris Yeltsin belatedly tried to get what Mikhail Gorbachev didn't get, which was a veto over NATO expansion any further - so into Central and Eastern Europe. In the final months of the campaign, Yushchenko falls mysteriously ill, is disfigured and is confirmed by doctors to have been poisoned. Protesters chanted, "No to surrender!" Ukrainian forces reportedly try to hold back the Russian advance on several fronts. Following a failed coup in Moscow, the Ukrainian parliament declares independence a second time on Aug. 24, a date that is still celebrated as Ukraine's official Independence Day. NPR Environmental Correspondent Nate Rott has been reporting from Ukraine. Biden orders the movement of 1,000 U.S. troops from Germany to Romania and the deployment of 2,000 additional U.S. troops to Poland and Germany. Together, the U.S., the U.K. and the European Union enact a broad set of sanctions targeting Russian banks and oligarchs. His early efforts to reach a solution to the violence are slowed by U.S. President Donald Trump, who briefly blocks U.S. military aid to Ukraine and suggests to Zelenskyy that he should instead work with Putin to resolve the crisis. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/via AP, In the Russia-Ukraine war, drones are one of the most powerful weapons, Russia strikes Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa hours after grain deals signed, Ukraine, Russia agree to export grain, ending a standoff that threatened food supply, Cafes opening in Kharkiv, but most large Ukrainian businesses remain shuttered, The bombed Mariupol theater troupe is back on stage with a homegrown Ukrainian play, How prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine compares to hunting Nazis, Russia's War In Ukraine Is Hurting Nature, Kharkiv is finding a new normal as residents return to work despite missile strikes, As Ukraine's war grinds on, soldiers are outgunned and injuries are rising, Ukrainian villagers flee Russian-occupied Kherson on foot, bike and wheelchair, A Russian strike on a humanitarian hub is part of a pattern, Ukrainian officials say, How Russia's current war in Ukraine echoes its Crimean War of the 1850s, Riding Ukraine's last train line out of Donbas with families fleeing for their lives, Russian missiles are blasting civilians in Ukraine, 3 people are killed, and scores injured, in Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Garbage collectors in Kharkiv dodge mortars to pick up the trash, At least 15 were killed and others are trapped after a Russian strike in Ukraine, Ukrainians have a special place in their hearts for Boris Johnson, There's nowhere in Ukraine to hide from the war. FADEL: So let's move ahead to the late 1990s. Claire Harbage/NPR The invasion was poorly planned. Missiles rain down on Ukraine's cities and columns of Russian troops from neighboring Belarus and from Russian-held Crimea reportedly begin streaming into the countryside. July 1, 2022 Russia's economy is weathering sanctions over the war in Ukraine, but tough times may be ahead, according to an assessment from experts. In a treaty called the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine agrees to trade away its intercontinental ballistic missiles, warheads and other nuclear infrastructure in exchange for guarantees that the three other treaty signatories the U.S., the U.K. and Russia will "respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine. So somehow NATO and the West and Washington need to make all of that clear to Putin. and some held placards critical of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. hide caption. Boris Yeltsin did not get that in 1997, but he just said that he had anyway, thus creating a whole bunch of confusion. Representatives from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany meet in Belarus to attempt to negotiate an end to the violence in the Donbas. hide caption. What would happen after the collapse of centralized control and command? Here's what you need to know, Mariupol theater bombing was a clear war crime, Amnesty International says. The current conflict is more than one country taking over another; it is in the words of one U.S. official a shift in "the world order. hide caption, July 30, 2022 Even relatively inexpensive drones can provide valuable intelligence to units on the battlefield. I think a lot of Americans remember Russia's annexation of Crimea, and Ukrainians talk about not an invasion in this moment but long-term conflict that many of them have been living with since that annexation. But along the country's eastern border with Russia, separatists backed by Moscow took control of two regions in 2014. There's this moment of opportunity for the U.S.-Russia relationship. Russia continues to build its troop presence on its border with Ukraine. Protesters chanted, "No to surrender!" Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images But in 2000, his presidency is rocked by scandal over audio recordings that reveal he ordered the death of a journalist. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Despite Russian missiles hitting Kharkiv on nearly a daily basis, 5 of the 18 branches of Bricks Coffee and Desserts in the city have reopened. is seen left in front of the Russian State Duma building in central Moscow on Feb. 24. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The new government charges Yanukovych with mass murder of the Maidan protesters and issues a warrant for his arrest. It was becoming a democracy. He also has this concern about Ukraine becoming a member of NATO. The ground fighting has subsided, but there's almost daily shelling in his region near the front lines of the southern campaign of the war. July 13, 2022 Russia had a more powerful army. An employee of the state-owned Russian natural gas company Gazprom works at the central control room of the company's headquarters in Moscow on Jan. 14, 2009. Putin also demands a written response from the U.S. and NATO. The Soviet Union falls. So if you think of it that way, then you see that the 1999 war in Chechnya, the 2008 invasion in Georgia, the 2014 annexation of Crimea and what's going on now are all part of a long ongoing battle to define the limits of a shrunken Soviet empire. As NATO allies contemplate adding central and Eastern European members for the first time, Ukraine formally establishes relations with the alliance, though it does not join. hide caption. In 2008, the NATO Bucharest summit declaration stated that not only Ukraine but also Georgia would become members of NATO. Anti-communist protests sweep central and Eastern Europe, starting in Poland and spreading throughout the Soviet bloc. Khalil Hamra/AP FADEL: So let's go back in time. July 21, 2022 The war in Ukraine is devastating that nation's rich, natural environment - from chemical leaks poisoning water supplies and warships killing dolphins to explosions disrupting bird migrations. hide caption. Rescue workers put out the fire of a destroyed car after a Russian attack in a residential neighborhood in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Massive protests follow, and the public outcry becomes known as the Orange Revolution. A member of a Ukrainian military surveillance team gets ready to launch a drone from a wheat field in southern Ukraine. hide caption. SAROTTE: Yes, that and the fact that Ukraine is a large country. The Minsk II cease-fire agreement, which continued to hold despite being violated more than 1,000 times, was nearing the one-month mark. hide caption. That's the 1990 controversy. Nina Lyashonok/AP Representatives from the U.S. and NATO deliver their written responses to Putin's demands on Jan. 26. As fighting in the Donbas continues, Russia repeatedly strikes at Ukraine in a series of cyberattacks, including a 2016 attack on Kyiv's power grid that causes a major blackout. hide caption. NATO places forces on standby the next day, including the U.S. ordering 8,500 troops in the United States to be ready to deploy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, in April . It's clearly a major European country. SAROTTE: As a historian, I know that Cold Wars are not short-lived affairs. NATO is not going to put intermediate-range nuclear forces in Ukraine. SAROTTE: Yes. hide caption. A public referendum follows, with 97% of voters favoring secession, although the results are disputed. He remains in power about four more years. Following efforts by Yushchenko and Tymoshenko to bring Ukraine into NATO, the two formally request in January that Ukraine be granted a "membership action plan," the first step in the process of joining the alliance. Nariman El-Mofty/AP ), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets lawmakers during the solemn opening and first sitting of the new parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in Kyiv on Aug. 29, 2019. In response, Biden declares the move "the beginning of a Russian invasion." Putin issues a contentious set of security demands. ", Andrey Taranenko drives a municipal garbage truck through the Saltivka neighborhood of Kharkiv. Maxim Marmur/AFP via Getty Images Together, the annexation of Crimea and the Russian-backed violence in the east have pushed Ukrainian public sentiment toward the West, strengthening interest in joining NATO and the EU. July 12, 2022 Russia is fighting to conquer the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travel between Moscow and Kyiv. The State Department orders the families of embassy staff to leave Ukraine on Jan. 23. hide caption. Biden announces the deployment of another 2,000 troops from the U.S. to Poland. So you want to define a place for it in post-Cold War Europe. Protesters begin camping out in Kyiv's Maidan, also known as Independence Square, and occupy government buildings, including Kyiv's city hall and the justice ministry. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption. Russia and Belarus begin joint military exercises on Feb. 10, with some 30,000 Russian troops stationed in the country along Ukraine's northern border. Yushchenko takes office as president, with Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister. AP hide caption. Russian troops take part in drills at the Kadamovskiy firing range in the Rostov region of southern Russia on Dec. 14, 2021. And one way to do that would be to revive Cold War arms control treaties that we desperately need again - in particular, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty from which Trump withdrew in 2019 and something called the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty. It's clear in hindsight that neither Russia nor the West took full advantage of the thaw that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. She doesn't plan to make a profit this year at her seasonal caf. Protesters were calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images The Russian Black Sea naval headquarters at Sevastopol, Crimea, in 2008. hide caption. hide caption. He promotes reform, including measures to address corruption and lessen Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy and financial support. And Ukraine was particularly important because due to the amount of former Soviet arsenal on its territory, once it became independent, Ukraine was born nuclear. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Debris covers the inside of the drama theater in April following a March 16 bombing in Mariupol, Ukraine, in an area now controlled by Russian forces.
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