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| conflict    =Crisis in Ukraine
 
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| date        =since 2014
 
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| location    =[[Ukraine]]
 
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| combatant1  =[[File:Flag of Ukraine.png|20px]] [[Ukraine]]<br/>*Extreme right-wing militias
 
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:Azov Battalion
 
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:Right Sector
 
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| combatant2  =[[Novorossiya|Federated States of Novorossiya]]
 
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:[[File:Donetsk Peoples Republic flag.png|20px]] [[Donetsk People's Republic]]
 
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:Luhanks People's Republic
 
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| commander1  =[[Petro Poroshenko]]<br/>[[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]]
 
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| commander2  =Alexander Zakharchenko
 
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| strength1  =50,000
 
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| strength2  =20,000
 
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The '''Crisis in Ukraine''' appeared in the February 2014. Most inhabitants of Eastern Ukraine are Russians and want to join [[Russia]]. The Ukrainian government tries to suppress the Russian separatists.
 
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==Background and course==
 
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[[File:Russian language in Ukraine.jpg|thumb|left|This card shows the distribution of Russian native speakers]]
 
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On February 22, 2014 the pro-Russian president [[Viktor Yanukovych]], who was democratically elected, was overthrown after months of violent protests.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25182823</ref> The residents of Eastern Ukraine, who voted for Yanukovych and supported his pro-Russian politics started to split off from the new Ukrainian government. Since the spring of this year the Ukrainian government attacks the civilians living in Donbass. A highlight of this crisis was the connection of the [[Crimea|Crimean]] peninsula to Russia on March 17, 2014.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26609667</ref>
 
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In July 2014 a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down in Eastern Ukraine.<ref>rt.com/news/173628-malaysian-plane-crash-ukraine/</ref> [[Ron Paul]] supposes that the US was involved in the crash to provoce war with Russia.<ref>http://time.com/3012968/malaysia-arilines-ukraine-crash-ron-paul/</ref>
 
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In February 2015 unsuccesfully peace talks were held in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]].<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/marathon-talks-produce-ukraine-peace-deal-cease-fire-sunday</ref> Currently big cities like [[Donetsk]], Luhansk<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/27/world/europe/ukraine-divisions-crimea.html?_r=0</ref>, Horlivka, Makiivka or Debaltseve<ref>http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/02/19/ukraine-withdrawal-from-besieged-town-90-percent-complete</ref> are under control of the rebels.
 
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==Conflicting Parties==
 
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The Ukrainian Army fights alongside with about 50 battalions, that consists of volunteers. A notable group is the ''Battalion Azov'', that was founded in spring 2014. The logo of it shows the "Black Sun" and a "Wolfsangel". These two symbols are used by several neo-[[Nazi]] groups wordlwide.<ref>http://rt.com/news/185708-nazi-symbols-ukrainian-troops/</ref> A big part of its members are professed Nazis and explain their admiration to [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11025137/Ukraine-crisis-the-neo-Nazi-brigade-fighting-pro-Russian-separatists.html</ref>
 
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Ukraine]]
 
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[[Category:War]]
 

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