Russo-Ukrainian War

The Russo-Ukrainian War is an ongoing conflict in the armed sector that began at the beginning of February in 2014 mostly with Russia and pro-Russian forces on the one hand and Ukraine to the contrary. The initial conflict was centered around the situation of Crimea and portions of the Donbas which are internationally acknowledged as belonging to Ukraine. The conflict has also included the Russian annexation of Crimea (2014) and the Donbas War (2014-present), cyberwarfare, naval conflicts as well as political tensions. Russian military forces being positioned near the borders of Ukraine from 2021. Russia moved forces into the separatist-controlled regions on 22 February 2022. The result was a complete Russian assault on Ukraine on the 24th of February.

In the wake of the Euromaidan protests and the exile from the office of Ukrainian Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych on 22 February 2014, as well as unrest pro-Russian throughout Ukraine, Russian soldiers without emblems were able to take control of strategic positions and infrastructure on Ukraine's Ukrainian region of Crimea. On March 1, 2014, 1 March 2014, The Federation Council of the Russian Federation unanimously approved a resolution to call on Russian President Vladimir Putin to use military force in Ukraine. The resolution was passed a few days later, following the beginning of the Russian military operation to support"the "Returning of Crimea". Russia later annexed Crimea following a widely-criticized local referendum that was arranged by Russia after the capture by the Crimean Parliament, whose result was to allow Crimea to be annexed the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to be a part of the Russian Federation. In April, protests of pro-Russian groups within the Donbas region of Ukraine turned into a conflict in the region between both the Ukrainian government and separatists backed by Russia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's Republics. Then, in August Russian militaries crossed over the frontier at several points in the Donetsk Oblast. The incursion of Russia's military Russian military was believed to be the reason for the defeat of Ukrainian forces in the beginning of September.

In November 2014, the Ukrainian military reported intensive movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine. According to the Associated Press reported 40 unmarked military vehicles moving in areas controlled by rebels. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission was able to observe convoys carrying heavy weapons and tanks within DPR-controlled territory, without any insignia. OSCE monitors also stated that they saw vehicles transporting ammunition as well as dead soldiers' bodies across the border between Ukraine and Russia in the disguise of convoys of humanitarian aid. In early the month of August, OSCE had observed more than 21 vehicles in their Russian military code to identify soldiers who were killed in action. In the words of The Moscow Times, Russia has tried to suppress and intimidate human rights advocates who are discussing Russian soldiers' deaths during the war. OSCE has revealed their observers have been barred from access to areas controlled by "combined Russian-separatist forces".

A majority in the international community and organizations like Amnesty International have condemned Russia for its actions in post-revolutionary Ukraine in the past, accusing it of violating international law and infringing Ukrainian sovereignty. A number of countries have put in place economic sanctions against Russia, Russian individuals, or corporations.

In October of 2015, The Washington Post published a report that Russia has transferred some of its most elite units to Ukraine to Syria to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In December of 2015, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin admitted that Russian military intelligence officers were in Ukraine however he maintained that they weren't like regular troops. In February 7 percent of Ukraine's territory was declared in authorities of the Ukrainian government as being temporarily indefinitely occupied territory.