Eastern Europe Conflicts: Does Russia Occupies Ukraine?
Journal: Global Journal of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Year: 2024

The overwhelming majority of the world considers Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, an unlawful occupation. Russia’s seizure of Crimea was the first time since the Second World War that a European state annexed the territory of another. Although the Russian government denies it, Russian “volunteers” and regular troops are also present in the two self-proclaimed pro-Russian “people’s republics” in the Donbas region near the Russian border. However, exploiting the late 14th-century decline of M