Ukraine conflict: From Euromaidan to the special military operation. Part 3
Ukraine conflict: From Euromaidan to the special military operation. Part 3
In part three of its four-part documentary on the origins of the Ukraine crisis, Sputnik explores events leading to the start of the full-scale conflict in February 2022.
(00:00) Efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully reach a dead end amid Ukraine’s refusal to live up to its pledge to give the Donbass special autonomous status
(00:54) Minsk’s European and Ukrainian signatories reveal the agreements were a ruse to buy Ukraine time to rearm
(01:49) Kiev’s ‘decommunization’ law, crackdowns on Russian language and culture, and the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(4:38) Resumption of Ukrainian attacks and shelling of the Donbass in 2021
(5:05) Russia’s final appeal to the US and NATO, draft treaties on security guarantees. NATO doubles down
(6:24) February 2022: Donbass republics report heavy shelling, evacuation begins
(6:46) Zelensky threatens to go nuclear and accelerate efforts to join NATO
(7:03) Russia recognizes DPR & LPR’s independence, Donbass asks Russia for help
(8:01) Special Military Operation begins
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