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| The '''Russo-Ukrainian War''' is an ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine,<ref name=time2>{{cite news|last1=SAAKASHVILI|first1=MIKHEIL|title=Groundhog Day and Putin the Predator|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/26/groundhog_day_and_putin_the_predator_saakashvili_putin_ukraine_georgia|accessdate=28 August 2014|publisher=TIME|date=26 August 2014|quote="Not for nothing have Ukrainian officials openly started to speak about the "Ukrainian-Russian War."}}</ref><ref name=latvia1 /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Max|title=Let's be clear about this: Russia is invading Ukraine right now|url=http://www.vox.com/2014/8/27/6069415/lets-be-clear-about-this-russia-is-invading-ukraine-right-now|publisher=VOX|date=28 August 2014|quote="Russian military forces are crossing the border into Ukraine in what is clearly a hostile invasion and act of war."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shuster|first1=Simon|title=Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Put Pressure on Putin|url=http://time.com/3198068/russian-soldiers-in-ukraine-put-pressure-on-putins-denials/|publisher=TIME|date=28 August 2014|quote="The evidence suggests a new level of Russian involvement in the war, not merely funneling weapons and volunteers across the border to the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, but sending regular Russian ground forces on missions into Ukrainian territory."}}</ref><ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/russo-ukraine.htm</ref> following Russia's ] and the ]. The conflict has been described as a "hybrid war,"<ref name=hybrid1>{{cite news|title=Russia’s new tactics of war shouldn’t fool anyone|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russias-new-tactics-of-war-shouldnt-fool-anyone/2014/08/27/0cb73b3a-2e21-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html|publisher=Washington Post|quote="Some have called the new approach “hybrid war,” a conflict waged by commandos without insignia, armored columns slipping across the international border at night, volleys of misleading propaganda, floods of disinformation and sneaky invasions like the one into Crimea."}}</ref> and began when Russia invaded mainland Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Andrew|title=Ukraine Reports Russian Invasion on a New Front|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/world/europe/ukraine-russia-novoazovsk-crimea.html|publisher=New York Times|quote="Russia reinforced what Western and Ukrainian officials described as a stealth invasion on Wednesday, sending armored troops across the border as it expanded the conflict to a new section of Ukrainian territory."}}</ref><ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/russia-is-already-invading-ukraine/379076/</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/strobe-talbott-russia-ukraine_b_5688516.html</ref> | |||
| The ascertainment of the Russo-Ukrainian War can be attributed to ] reports of Russia moving Russian artillery onto the territory of Ukraine,<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/world/europe/russia-moves-artillery-units-into-ukraine-nato-says.html</ref> the Ukrainian capture of Russian soldiers in Donetsk Oblast, who Russia claimed had crossed over "by accident",<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28934213</ref> reports of Russia shelling Ukrainian territory,<ref>http://time.com/3042640/satellite-russian-ukraine-shelling/</ref> and reports of Russian military forces entering Ukraine near Novoazovsk.<ref>http://www.cnbc.com/id/101951821#.</ref><ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/26/us-ukraine-crisis-fighters-idUSKBN0GQ1X520140826?irpc=932</ref><ref>http://www.nasdaq.com/article/poland-russian-army-operating-in-ukraine-20140827-00084</ref> On August 24, 2014, President Poroshenko of Ukraine referred to the conflict as Ukraine's "Patriotic War of 2014" and a war against "external aggression".<ref>http://un.ua/eng/article/528688.html</ref> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine labeled the conflict an invasion on August 27, 2014.<ref>https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/504734047030239232</ref> | |||
| ==International response== | |||
| *{{flagcountry|Latvia}} – Latvian Foreign Minister ] said the Russian invasion of Ukraine must be considered by the UN Security Council as an "act of aggression," and that "this is war."<ref name=latvia1>{{cite news|title=Latvia calls Russian invasion in Ukraine a war|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/220437.html|agency=Interfax|date=28 August 2014|quote="The Russian invasion of Ukraine must be considered by the UN Security Council as act of aggression, the UN must react accordingly - this is war,"}}</ref> | |||
| *{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} – "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania strongly condemns the obvious invasion of the territory of Ukraine by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Lithuania urges the UN Security Council to discuss this matter immediately."<ref>http://www.urm.lt/default/en/news/statement-on-russias-military-invasion-of-ukraine</ref> | |||
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