Russia’s War on Ukraine and the Dilemmas of Historical Research
Journal: Revolutionary Russia
Year: 2023

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, escalating a conflict that had been ongoing since Russia had seized Crimea in the aftermath of the Maidan Revolution in Kyiv in 2014.In the intervening period, fighting had continued in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, but the invasion saw hundreds of tanks and thousands of troops cross the Ukrainian borders and head towards Kyiv.Widespread bombing accompanied the ground invasion with cities and towns across Ukrai