Background:

The conflict takes place in Ukraine, Black sea and Russian Federation. It started on 26 February 2014 and is still ongoing. The leaders are Vladimir Putin for Russia, Petro Poroshenko for Ukraine.

What happened?

Many Ukrainians got angry with their formal president, Viktor Yanukovych. This action led to Ukrainian revolution (February 2014). Then series of changes happened in Ukraine’s political system. After the revolution, Russia refused to recognize and accept the new government that was created during the revolution.

Pro-Russian argument:

Russia’s main argument states that their only need is legitimately protect that region due to majority of Russian speaking people. Russia also says that the real reason is to protect the citizens of Russia in the Ukrainian area, especially the Crimea area and cities like Luhansk, Mariupol, Donetsk.

Pro-Ukrainian argument:

Very few people do not blame Russia for what is happening in Crimea and in Eastern Ukraine. Over 70% support keeping Ukraine united. Very few people in Ukraine see the issue of Russian language in Ukraine as needing urgent changes and also Ukrainians do not trust Russian officials.

Crimea must be reunited with Russia:

Historically, Crimea is Russian. Ethnically Crimea is nearly 60% Russian, 20% Ukrainian, who are mainly pro-Russian. Politically, Crimean people are stuck with Ukraine and most of them would like see Crimea as a part of Russia. If there was a democratic voting about the Crimea, the majority of people would definitely vote for joining with Russia.

Donetsk and Luhansk:

Even though those states are self-proclaimed, they should definitely not be called terrorist organizations. Luhansk and Donetsk are now recognized as self-proclaimed states and majority of citizens wants to see those two states joined with Russia, therefore there is no reason this should not happen. They have right to exist, unfortunately Ukraine consider them as terrorist and separatists due to their need to separate and cooperate with Russia.
Joining with Russia would benefit Russia and Ukraine equally, because the politics and economics are very problematic.

Sanctions:

United States and European Union put sanctions on Russian individuals and businesses. During the crisis the scope of the sanctions increased. Russian government responded in calmly did not fight against them, only put few sanctions back on USA and some european countries. These sanctions are not fair at all because they only create problem and do not solve the conflict.

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