Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Ukrainian Conflict: From Euromaidan to Special Military Operation [International Relations, Realism]

 

[What can other nation-states do when a government kills its own people?]

Ukrainian Conflict: From Euromaidan to Special Military Operation – Part 1 

Ukrainian Conflict: From Euromaidan to Special Military Operation – Part 1

Russia's recognition of the Donbass republics four years ago, in February 2022, was a key decision to ensure the protection of the region's Russian-speaking population, as Moscow has repeatedly noted.

Sputnik reviews the history of the conflict, which began more than 10 years ago.

In this video: the start of pro-European protests in Ukraine in 2013, the coup in 2014, referendums in Crimea and Donbass, the launch of Kiev's military actions against the Donbass, and the tragedy in Odessa.

Ukrainian Conflict: From Euromaidan to Special Military Operation – Part 2

Ukrainian Conflict: From Euromaidan to Special Military Operation – Part 2

Russia's recognition of the Donbass republics four years ago, in February 2022, was a key decision to ensure the protection of the region's Russian-speaking population, as Moscow has repeatedly noted.

Sputnik reviews the history of the conflict, which began more than 10 years ago.

In this episode: The Battle for Donetsk Airport; mass shelling of Gorlovka; the ‘Alley of Angels’; the Minsk agreements; Minsk 2.

Ukrainian Conflict: From Euromaidan to Special Military Operation – Part 3

Ukraine conflict: From Euromaidan to the special military operation. Part 3

In part three of its four-part documentary on the origins of the Ukraine crisis, Sputnik explores events leading to the start of the full-scale conflict in February 2022.

(00:00) Efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully reach a dead end amid Ukraine’s refusal to live up to its pledge to give the Donbass special autonomous status

(00:54) Minsk’s European and Ukrainian signatories reveal the agreements were a ruse to buy Ukraine time to rearm

(01:49) Kiev’s ‘decommunization’ law, crackdowns on Russian language and culture, and the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church 

(4:38) Resumption of Ukrainian attacks and shelling of the Donbass in 2021

(5:05) Russia’s final appeal to the US and NATO, draft treaties on security guarantees. NATO doubles down

(6:24) February 2022: Donbass republics report heavy shelling, evacuation begins

(6:46) Zelensky threatens to go nuclear and accelerate efforts to join NATO

(7:03) Russia recognizes DPR & LPR’s independence, Donbass asks Russia for help

(8:01) Special Military Operation begins

Ukrainian Conflict: From Euromaidan to Special Military Operation – Part 4

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