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2013–15 Ukrainian crisis
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Ukrainian crisis
A prolonged crisis in
Ukraine
began on 21 November 2013, when then-president
Viktor Yanukovych
suspended preparations for the implementation of
an association agreement
with the
European Union
. This decision resulted in mass protests by its opponents, known as the "
Euromaidan
". After months of such protests, Yanukovych
was ousted
by the protesters on 22 February 2014, when he fled the Ukrainian capital city of
Kiev
. Following his ousting,
unrest enveloped
the largely
Russophone
eastern
and
southern
regions of Ukraine, from where he had drawn most of his support. An invasion by
Russia
in
Ukrainian autonomous region
of
Crimea
resulted in the
annexation of Crimea by Russia
on 18 March. Subsequently, unrest in
Donetsk
and
Luhansk
oblasts of Ukraine evolved into
a war
between the post-revolutionary Ukrainian government and pro-Russian insurgents.
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