Ukraine - Russia: the background

User icon Toby Green
28 February 2022
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A list of reports, articles and other documents on the background to the ongoing war in Ukraine and commentary on possible futures. (Image: Viewsridge https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg)


Filters: Year: 2021

12 July 2021 English

This essay, On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians (Russian: Об историческом единстве русских и украинцев; Ukrainian: Про історичну єдність росіян та українців), was published by Vladimir Putin on …


CRS: Congressional Research Service · 5 October 2021 English

A report produced by the US Congressional Research Service that provides background to the 2022 conflict between Russia and Ukraine.


Cato Institute · 19 April 2021 English

Growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine are producing an surge of bluster from the Biden administration, as well as from the hawkish denizens of Washington’s think tanks. The administration keeps …


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 20 October 2021 English

After NATO expelled Russian officers and cut the mission’s size, Russia announced it will pull its diplomatic mission to NATO entirely. Why did Moscow reach this decision?