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United Nations General Assembly as aggressor, 50
condemnation of invasion, 48, 52 on collapse of Soviet Union, 14
weapons aid to Ukraine, 53–56, 55 early years as president, 13–14
life in Ukraine after, 40 invasion of Ukraine and
Putin and disinformation campaign about, 21
disinformation campaign about, 21 justifi cations for, 7, 18, 20–21
justifi cations for, 7, 18, 20–21 massing of Russian troops along Russia-
massing of Russian troops along Russia- Ukraine border, 6
Ukraine border, 6 objective of, 9
objective of, 9 as special military operation, 8, 21
as special military operation, 8, 21 massing of Russian troops in Belarus, 33
Zelenskyy’s response to, 8 NATO as threat to Russia, 52
IT Army of Ukraine, 35 recognition of independence of separatist-held
provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, 18, 48
Javelin anti-tank missiles, 54, 55 recognition of independence of Ukraine and, 15
as reliving Russian imperial dream, 18
Kadatskyi, Rodion, 34 Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea and,
Kagan, Frederick W., 25 14, 50
Kaplychnyi, Sergiy, 43 as war criminal, 44
Kharkiv, Ukraine, 19, 32 Yeltsin and, 13, 13
battle for, 19, 22, 22–23, 32
TDF units and, 32 railroads, wartime role of, 33
Kherson region, Ukraine, 44 refugees
Kramatorsk, 47 children as, 40
Kyiv, Ukraine in European Union, 38, 39
Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti), internal, 39–40
17 Lviv as departure point for, 38, 39, 41
as major Russian target, 23, 25, 36–37 males not allowed to leave, 38
Russian’s failure to capture, 20 number of, 39
TDF units and, 32 Revolution of Dignity, 17
Zelenskyy remaining in, 21–22, 22 Rurik, 10
Kyivan Rus, 10 Russia
collapse of Soviet Union, 6
loitering munitions, 54 Empire of, 10–11
Lviv, refugees leaving from, 38, 39, 41 government-controlled media in, 35
international sanctions against, 49–52
Mariupol, 23–24, 44–47, 45 Kyivan Rus and, 10
Matviychuk, Oleksandra, 20 length of border with Ukraine, 7
Melnyk, Anna, 41 NATO as threat to, 52
Molotov cocktails, 32–34 nuclear weapons threat by, 54
Moskva (fl agship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet), 9, oligarchs in, 51
29–30, 30 population of, 8
private businesses’ actions against, 49
Nord Stream 2 pipeline, 51–52 Putin and Empire of, 18
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Putin’s disinformation campaign in, 21
Crimea and, 14 suspension from United Nations Human Rights
establishment of, 11–12 Council, 49
Soviet Union and creation of, 12 Russian military
strengthening of, 52–53 Black Sea Fleet and Sevastopol, 14
as threat to Russia, 52 casualties, 25, 27, 31
Ukrainian interest in joining, 7 invasion and annexation of Crimea, 14
US missiles in Turkey and, 12 massacre of civilians by, 42, 42–44
weapons for Ukraine and, 53–56, 55 massing of
nuclear weapons, 54 along Russia-Ukraine border, 6, 17–18
in Belarus, 33
Odesa, 19, 29 morale of, 20, 24
strength of, 8, 53
photojournalism, 46 tactic of obliteration, 25
Pokrasa, Andrii, 31 war crimes committed by
Poland, 38, 39 in Bucha, 42, 42–44
Pomeranz, William, 15 in Kherson region, 44
Putin, Vladimir in Mariupol, 44–47, 45
accused of genocide, 50 See also battles

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