RUSSIA - UKRAINE CONFLICT| Part 1|

             

                                                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT 

     " RUSSIA -UKRAINE WAR" AS WE  KNOW  THIS  WORD   OR  SENTENCE  SINCE  IT STARTED  AND  HEARD  IN  NEWS . MANY  NEWS CHANNELS ARE PREDICTING THAT THIS WOULD  RESULT  IN  OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR 3 . UKRAINE  IS   WILLING TO  JOIN  THE  NATO  BUT  RUSSIA  DONT WANT UKRAINE TO JOIN THE NATO AND BE ITS PART .

       UKRAINE  HAS  LONG  PLAYED  A  SIGNIFICANT  ROLE , YET SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED  ROLE  IN  THE  GLOBAL SECURITY  ORDER .  IT WAS A  HOSUE  OF  MANY NUCLEAR PLANTS  AND  DEFENSE  INDUSTRIES . UKRAINE SHOWS  INTREST  IN  EUROPE RATHER  IN  RUSSIA .THIS HAS IGNITED  RUSSIA  AND  TRIGGERED THE GREATEST SECURITY  RISES  IN  EUROPE  SINCE  THE COLD  WAR. 

     THOUGH U.S AND IT ALLIES HAVE TAKEN IMPORTANT ACTIONS BY IMPOSING SACNTIONS ON RUSSIA . THEY  HAVE  MADE  LITTLE  HEADWAY IN  HELPING TO  RESTORE UKRAINES TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY .

        HISTORY :

• UKRAINE  AND  RUSSIA SHARE HUNDRES OF YEARS OF CULTURAL , LINGUISTIC,  GEOGRAPHICALLY, AND FAMILIAR LINKS .
• AS  UKRAINE   WAS  THE  PART  OF SOVIET  UNION , UKRAINE WAS THE SECOND MOST  POWERFUL  AFTER  RUSSIA AND WAS NUCLEAR  POWER  MANUFACTURER , STRATEGICALLY . ECONOMICALLY  AND  CULTURALLY  IMPORTANT .
• IN 2013, UKRAINE'S  THEN  PRESIDENT  VIKTOR  YANUKOVICH   DECIDED  AGAINST  SIGINING  AN  ASSOCIATION  AGREEMENT  WITH   EUROPEAN UNION(UN)  SPARKING  MAJORITY  PRO EUROPEAN PROTESTS  IN  UKRAINE . IN FEB 14, UKRAINE  PARLIAMENT VOTED TO IMPEACH  YANUKOVICH , WHO FLED KYIV .
•  SUBSEQUENTLY , IN MARCH  14 ,  RUSSIA  ANNEXED CRIMEA  AND  AUTONOMOUS PENINSULA  IN  SOUTHERN  UKRAINE  WITH  STRONG  RUSSIAN  LOAYLTIES ON THE PRETEXT  THAT  IT  WAS  DEFENDING  IT'S  INTREST AND  THESE  OF  RUSSIA SPEAKING  CITIZENS . SHORTLY  AFTERWARDS ,  PRO RUSSIAN  SEPARATIST  IN UKRAINE'S  DONETSK  AND  LUHANSK  REGIONS  DECLARED  THEM  INDEPENDENT  FROM  KYIV  PROMPTING  MONTHS  OF  FIGHTING . THE  EU  THE US  AND  OTHER  COUNTRIES  IMPOSED  SACTIONS  ON  RUSSIA . THE EU  UKRAINE  AA  ENTERED  INTO  FORCE  IN  SEP  17  .
• IN 2014 AND 2015 , A  PEACE  PLAN  FOR  EASTERN   UKRAINE (the Minsk Protocol I & II) WAS  SIGNED  NAMED  AFTER  THE  BELARUSSIAN   CAPITAL  MINSK WHERE THE TALKS WERE HELD .

        CAUSE :

• FOR THE  US  AND EU  UKRAINE  IS  A  CRUCIAL  BUFFER  BETWEEN  RUSSIA  AND THE WEST .  AS  TENSIONS  WITH  RUSSIA  RISE  THE  US  AND  THE  EU ARE INCREASINGLY   DETERMINED  TO  KEEP  UKRAINE  AWAY  FROM  RUSSIA  .
• THE BLACK SEA HAS  VERY  MUCH   IMPORTANCE  IN  GEOGRAPHICAL  LOCATION AND ALSO  IN  TERMS OF TRADE , ETC FOR  RUSSIA .  IT  IS  IMPORTANT CROSSROADS  AND  STRAT  INTERSECTION  FOR  THE  ENTIRE   REGION . ACCES TO BLACK  SEA  IS   VITAL  FOR  ALL   LITTORAL   AND  NEIGHBORUING STATES AND  GREATLY  ENHANCES THE   PROJECTION  OF  POWER  INTO  SEVERAL   ADJACENT  REGIONS  AND  ALSO  ITS  IMP TRANSIT CORRIDOR .
• THE DONBASS  REGION  OF  EASTERN  UKRAINE  HAS  BEEN  FACING  A   PRO -RUSSIAN  SEPARATIST  MOVEMNET  SINCE  2014 . ACCORDING  TO  UKRAINE  GOVT , THE  MOVEMENT  IS  ACTIVELY SUPPORTED BY   RUSSIAN GOVT  AND RUSSIAN  MILITARY.
• EUROMAIDEN  MOVEMENT  WAS  A  WAVE OF  DEMONSTRATION  AND  CICL UNREST  IN  UKRAINE  WHICH  BEGAN  IN NOVEMBER 13  WITH  PUBLIC  PROTEST IN MIADEN  NEZALEZHNOSTI  IN  KYIV .
• RUSSIA INVADED  CRIMEA  FROM   UKRAINE IT WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME A EUROPEAN  COUNTRY  ANNEXED TERRITORY  FROM  ANOTHER  COUNTRY  SINCE WOLRD  WAR-2 .
• THE MAIN  AND  FINAL  CAUSE  OF THIS  HAVOC SITUATION  IS  UKRAINE'S  NATO MEMEBERSHIP .  UKRAINE  IS  WILLING  TO  JOIN  NATO  BUT  RUSSIA   HAS   DELCARED  SUCH  A  MOVE  A  " RED LINE "  AND   WORRIED  ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES  OF  US  LED  MILITARY  ALLIANCES . THE BLACK  SEA  IS  BORDERED   BY  BULGARIA ,  GEOGIA  , ROMANIA , RUSSIA , TURKEY AND UKRAINE . ALL THE THE COUNTIRES ARE  NATO COUNTRIES  EXCEPT FOR  RUSSIA . DUE  TO  A  TENSED  FACE  OFF  BETWEEN NATO AND  RUSSIA THE BLACK SEA  IS  A  REGION OF IMPORTANT AND A  POTENTIAL  MARITIME  FLASHPOINT .

                        

           STAND OF DIFFERENT NATIONS ON THIS ISSUE :

• THE US HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED MANY SANCTIONS ON IT IN TERMS OF TRADE , INVESTMENT AND FINANCING .
• UNITED KINGDOM HAS ALSO WARNED OF FURTHER SANCTIONS .
• AUSTRALIA ALSO CALLED RUSSIA'S ACTIONS UNACCEPTABLE IT'S UNPROVOKED IT'S UNWARRANTED . 
• JAPAN IS WITH SAME OPINION THAT OF UNITED STATES  .
• THE EU HAS CONDMENED RUSSIA OVER A BLANTANT VOILATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AS WELL OF THE MISNK AGREEMENT.

          INDIA'S PONT OF VIEW ON THIS ISSUE :

• INDIA HAD AN ABSTAIN VOTE NIETHER SUPPORTING RUSSIA NOR UKRAINE . IN FEB 22 ,INDIA ALSO SUGGESTED AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL THAT "QUIET AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIPLOMACY " IS THE NEED OF HOUR AND ANY STEP THAT COULD ESCALATE THE TNESION SHOULD BE AVOIDED . INDA'S STAND HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY RUSSIA.

          SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE :

• A SOLUTION TO IT IS TO SIT AND REVIVE THE MINSK AGREEMENT . BOTH SHOULD HAVE BILATERAL TALKS AND HAVE HEALTHY TALKS AND HAVE GOOD RESULTS FROM IT .
• A PRATICAL SOLUTION TO THIS IS IN THE FROM OF MINSK AGREEMENT 2 OF  2015 CALLING FOR AUTONOMY FOR A DEMILITARIZED DONBAS WITHIN UKRAINE UNDER INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEES .

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