The Russo-Ukrainian war began in late February 2014, when Russian forces without insignia took control of Crimea, a peninsula that belonged to Ukraine, after the Euromaidan protests had led to the fall of the pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Russia annexed Crimea in March after a referendum that most countries and the United Nations General Assembly did not recognise. Fighting then broke out in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists, in which Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in July 2014. The Minsk agreements failed to bring a lasting peace. The conflict escalated into a full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.
Before and after
- from 19 January 2014 to 23 February 20142014 Hrushevskoho Street riots
- 7 February 2014Construction of Fisht Olympic Stadium
- from 12 February 2014 to 1 May 20142014 Venezuelan protests
- from 19 February 2014 to 21 March 20142014 Russian invasion of Crimea
- 20 February 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- from 20 February 2014 to 26 March 2014Russian annexation of Crimea
- from 23 February 2014 to 22 June 20142014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- 1 March 20142014 Kunming attack
- 7 March 2014Construction of Abeno Harukas
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