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Note: Boldface page numbers indicate in European Union, 38, 39
illustrations. internal, 39–40
Lviv as departure point for, 38, 39, 41
Aerorozvidka (“Air Reconnaissance”), 36–37 males not allowed to leave, 38
Arieva, Yaryna, 6, 9 number of, 39
Donbas region
Bartkowski, Maciej, 37 fi ghting in, 25–26
battles Putin’s claim that, asked for Russian help, 21
Antonov Airport (Hostomel), 23 Russian capture of Sievierodonetsk and
in Bucha, 41–44, 42 Lysychansk, 26
destruction of homes and schools, 47 Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater,
in Donbas region, 25–26 44–46, 45
for Kharkiv, 19, 22, 22–23, 32 drones
for Kyiv Aerorozvidka and, 36–37
as major Russian target, 23, 25, 36–37 attack on Russian tanks, 7
TDF units and, 32 Bayraktar TB , 26
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for Mariupol, 23–24 civilian pilots, 31
sinking of Moskva, 9, 29–30, 30
Bayraktar TB , 26 Estonia, 55
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Belarus, 10, 33 European Union (EU)
Biden, Joe funding for military aid to Ukraine, 55
on massacre in Bucha, 43–44 refugees in, 38, 39
Putin accused of genocide by, 50 sanctions on Russian government,
on Putin as aggressor, 50 companies, and individuals by, 50–51
on Putin’s recognition of independence of Yanukovych and, 17
Donetsk and Luhansk, 48
sanctions against Russia, 51 Farkas, Evelyn, 9
Black Sea Finland, 52–53, 54
Crimean port of Sevastopol, 14 Fursin, Sviatoslav, 6
importance of, 29
sinking of Moskva in, 9, 29–30, 30 genocide, 48, 50
Bucha, 41–44, 42 Germany, 51–52, 56
Global Firepower (website), 53
Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 19–20
civilians Haviv, Ron, 46
casualties, 47 Haynes, Walter, 33
in Bucha, 42, 42–44 “hedgehogs,” anti-tank barriers, 34
children, 40 Honchar, Yaroslav, 37
as cyberwarriors, 33, 35 Hundt, Pascal, 39–40
drone warfare and, 31, 36–37
“hedgehogs” created by, 34 international humanitarian law (IHL), 44
removal of directional signs by, 34 invasion of Ukraine
roads blocked by, 35 as act of genocide, 48, 50
in Territorial Defense Forces, 6, 31–34, 32 beginning of, 19–20
war crimes against condemned by United Nations General
as hostages in torture chambers, 44 Assembly, 48, 52
massacre of, 42, 42–44 determination of Ukrainians and, 9
targeted by air strikes, 44–47, 45 early Ukrainian victories, 9
during World War II, 33 global response to
Communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics aid to, 50–51, 53–56, 55
(USSR). See Soviet Union corporations stopping business in Russia,
Crimea, 14, 50 49
Cyber Partisans, 33 Russian suspension from United Nations
cyberwarfare, 33, 35 Human Rights Council, 49
sanctions on Russian products, banks, and
displaced Ukrainians individuals by foreign nations, 50–52
children, 40 by United Nations, 39, 48, 49, 52

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