Events
Collapse of the
Soviet Union,
Ukraine Declares
IndependencePro-Russian Kuchma
elected as presidentContested election leads to
"Orange Revolution," results in
reformist, west-facing Yuschenko
being elected presidentPro-Russian Yanukovych
elected as presidentYunukovych backs out
of EU alignment, triggering
protests and revolutionYanukovych replaced by
pro-west interim govt,
triggering Crimean crisisPro-Russian seperatists
rise up in East and South
Ukraine. War in Donbass
begins in earnest.
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