Professor Wu Wenjun wrote (1) What is the Ukrainian crisis? What is Russia's special military action against Ukraine?

The Ukrainian crisis was caused by the end of 20 13, when Ukrainian pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych suspended the signing of political and free trade agreements with the European Union in an attempt to strengthen relations with Russia. 165438+1On October 22nd, pro-Europeans in Ukraine held an anti-government demonstration in Kiev to protest against the people's demand for the government to sign an agreement with the EU, Viktor Yanukovych's stepping down and early elections.

20 14 on February 22nd, Yanukovych was dismissed from the presidency by the parliament. Subsequently, the Crimean crisis and Donbass War broke out on 20 14, and the situation in Ukraine was in jeopardy. On March 1 1, the Parliament of Crimea adopted the Declaration of Independence of Crimea. On April 7, pro-Russian people in Donetsk, Ukraine announced "independent public investment in Russia". On April 30th, alexander Turchinov announced that the Ukrainian armed forces had entered a state of comprehensive combat readiness and decided to recruit soldiers. On May 12, Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine declared the establishment of independent "sovereign states": Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. [1] On May 25th, Ukraine held a presidential election. On the 27th, the Ukrainian government claimed to recapture Donetsk airport.

Since February 17, 2022, the situation in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated, and the Ukrainian government and local civilian armed forces have accused each other of launching provocative shelling on the contact line [6]. On February 18, civilian armed forces in eastern Ukraine announced that they would evacuate local residents to Russia on a large scale from now on because of the danger of launching military operations in Ukraine [7]. On February 24th 10: 30 Beijing time, UN Secretary-General Guterres called on Russia to "stop attacking Ukraine" [13]. On the same day, Russia clearly stated that Ukraine should be completely "demilitarized" [25].

Chinese name

Ukrainian crisis

Foreign name

Украинский кризис

Ukrainian crisis

occurrence time

2013165438+1October 22nd

event

Ukraine