Russia’s Annexation of the Crimea and the War in the Donbas
Journal: Oxford University Press eBooks
Year: 2020

What shared characteristics led the Crimean Peninsula and the Donbas region to become conflict zones? These two regions are not in immediate geographic proximity to one another. The Donbas, comprising Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, is Ukraine’s easternmost region, bordering on Russia in the north...