The war in Donbas was an armed conflict in eastern Ukraine between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It broke out in the weeks after the Euromaidan protests, the fall of President Viktor Yanukovych and Russia's annexation of Crimea. The separatists proclaimed the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and received weapons, equipment and personnel from Russia, which denied direct involvement. The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014 killed all aboard. The Minsk agreements of 2014 and 2015 reduced the fighting but did not resolve it, and thousands of people died. In February 2022 Russia recognised the two republics and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Before and after
- 8 March 2014Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
- 16 March 20142014 Crimean status referendum
- 18 March 2014Rise Like a Phoenix
- from 19 March 2014 to 30 September 2020Premiere of The 100
- from 12 April 2014 to 24 February 2022War in Donbas
- 16 April 2014Sinking of the MV Sewol
- 17 April 2014Discovery of Kepler-186 f
- 17 April 2014Death of Gabriel García Márquez
- 18 April 2014Release of Monero
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