No End in Sight to the Disastrous 2yr-Russia-Ukraine War

By mnjari

 Published On  March 5, 2024, 10:12 AM

Fears Abound the War Could Spread Wider

Two years have lapsed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the same month the big neighbor attacked Ukraine in 2014. Fears are rife that this war could spread to other countries in the region.

Russia and Ukraine were once states under the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, famously referred to as the USSR. The union began to break down under the leadership of former President Mikhail Gorbachev, with Ukraine and Belarus leading the way to self-rule.

Over 10,000 People Dead in the Russia-Ukraine War

The Russia-Ukraine war has already caused the death of more than 10,000 civilians, yet each country is determined to continue fighting. Ukraine has impressively managed to survive the onslaught from Russia, but the president of the big and powerful neighbor, Vladimir Putin, insists his country has to win the war.

Meanwhile, the material and moral support the US and other countries have continued to provide Ukraine has strengthened the resolve of Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, to continue fighting back the invading forces.

According to Ms. Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian parliamentarian, Ukraine’s involvement in the fighting is a bid to protect itself from Russia’s military invasion. She points out that Russia’s act of invasion is condemned internationally as a criminal act.

It is easy to understand, therefore, why countries like the US, UK, Germany, and others have remained in Ukraine’s corner since 2022. They have continued to offer the country different forms of support, to help maintain its sovereignty and to ease the strain on the Ukrainian people.

Russia’s 2022 Invasion of Ukraine Linked to the 2014 Annexing of Crimea

Meanwhile, political observers and analysts cannot help but connect Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to Russia’s 2014 invasion. In February 2014, Russia invaded Crimea, a peninsula considered part of Ukraine, and proceeded to annex it.

Crimea is surrounded on two sides by the waters of the Black Sea, and on the third side by waters of the Azov Sea.