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The Russo-Ukrainian War is an ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, following Russia's Annexation of Crimea and the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. The conflict has been described as a "hybrid war," and began when Russia invaded mainland Ukraine.
The ascertainment of the Russo-Ukrainian War can be attributed to NATO reports of Russia moving Russian artillery onto the territory of Ukraine, the Ukrainian capture of Russian soldiers in Donetsk Oblast, who Russia claimed had crossed over "by accident", reports of Russia shelling Ukrainian territory, and reports of Russian military forces entering Ukraine near Novoazovsk. 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". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine labeled the conflict an invasion on August 27, 2014.
International response
Latvia – Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said the Russian invasion of Ukraine must be considered by the UN Security Council as an "act of aggression," and that "this is war."
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."
References
- SAAKASHVILI, MIKHEIL (26 August 2014). "Groundhog Day and Putin the Predator". TIME. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
Not for nothing have Ukrainian officials openly started to speak about the "Ukrainian-Russian War.
- ^ "Latvia calls Russian invasion in Ukraine a war". Interfax. 28 August 2014.
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,
- Fisher, Max (28 August 2014). "Let's be clear about this: Russia is invading Ukraine right now". VOX.
Russian military forces are crossing the border into Ukraine in what is clearly a hostile invasion and act of war.
- Shuster, Simon (28 August 2014). "Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Put Pressure on Putin". TIME.
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.
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/russo-ukraine.htm
- "Russia's new tactics of war shouldn't fool anyone". Washington Post.
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.
- Kramer, Andrew. "Ukraine Reports Russian Invasion on a New Front". New York Times.
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.
- http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/russia-is-already-invading-ukraine/379076/
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/strobe-talbott-russia-ukraine_b_5688516.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/world/europe/russia-moves-artillery-units-into-ukraine-nato-says.html
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28934213
- http://time.com/3042640/satellite-russian-ukraine-shelling/
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/101951821#.
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/26/us-ukraine-crisis-fighters-idUSKBN0GQ1X520140826?irpc=932
- http://www.nasdaq.com/article/poland-russian-army-operating-in-ukraine-20140827-00084
- http://un.ua/eng/article/528688.html
- https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/504734047030239232
- http://www.urm.lt/default/en/news/statement-on-russias-military-invasion-of-ukraine
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