THE UKRAINE CRISIS

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Ahmet AKIN
TIME LINE OF EVENTS
Ivan Saenko, 89, in Ilovaisk, a city that has seen massive
destruction and heavy casualties (3 Sept)
The conflict has raged in parts of eastern Ukraine since April,
leaving thousands dead and wounded
Pro-Russian separatists are fighting Ukrainian forces in two
eastern regions of Ukraine, with the government in Kiev accusing
Russian troops of taking part in the clashes.
The pro-Russian rebellion began in Donetsk and Luhansk in April,
inspired by Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of
Crimea weeks before.
The separatists in the predominantly Russian-speaking east were
enraged by the overthrow of elected pro-Russian President
Viktor Yanukovych, who fled Ukraine after weeks of protests
against his decision not to sign an Association Agreement with
the European Union.
September 2014
3 September: Russian President Vladimir Putin sees a peace deal
between Ukraine and the rebels by 5 September, after talking to
President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine by phone. US President
Barack Obama visits Estonia to reassure the Baltic states of Nato
support.
2 September: Russia is to alter its military strategy as a result of
the Ukraine crisis and Nato's presence in eastern Europe, a top
Russian official says. The newly designated EU foreign affairs
chief, Federica Mogherini, says Nato countries bordering Russia
need more than a paper pledge that Nato will help them in a
crisis.
1 September: Ukraine says 700 of its men have been taken
prisoner as pro-Russian rebels advance in the east. Government
forces retreat fromLuhansk airport. Nato announces plans for a
rapid response force to protect Eastern European members
against possible Russian aggression.
August 2014
Rebels seized Novoazovsk and surrounding villages, and
threatened to attack the port city of Mariupol
31 August: Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for talks to
discuss "statehood" for eastern Ukraine. Ten Russian
paratroopers captured inside Ukraine are exchanged for 63
captured Ukrainian soldiers. The EU gives Russia one week to
reverse course in Ukraine or face new sanctions.
29 August: The crisis in eastern Ukraine is "slipping out of
control" and needs to be reined in to avoid direct military
confrontation between Ukraine and Russia, Germany warns.
27-28 August: Rebels open up a new front, capturing the town of
Novoazovsk on the Sea of Azov, a few miles inside the Russian
border. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accuses Russia of
moving troops into Ukraine. Rebel leader Alexander
Zakharchenko says there are 3-4,000 Russian civilians in their
ranks, including many soldiers on leave.
22 August: A convoy of more than 100 Russian lorries enters
Ukraine without permission, carrying what Russia says is
humanitarian aid for the besieged city of Luhansk.
18 August: A convoy of refugees from the Luhansk area is hit by
rockets leaving women and children dead. Rebels deny carrying
out the attack.
6 August: Russian President Vladimir Putin hits back against
Western sanctions, with a "full embargo" on fruit, vegetables,
meat, fish, milk and dairy imports.
5 August: As heavy fighting erupts in Donetsk city, the UN says
more than 1,000 civilians are fleeing the conflict zone every day.
3 August: Ukrainian forces have virtually surrounded the city of
Luhansk. The city's supplies of power and water supplies run low
and communications are down.
30 July: The EU and US announce new sanctions against Russia
with focus on oil sector, defence equipment and sensitive
technologies.
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21-23 July: The first remains of victims of the MH17 disaster are
moved by train to Kharkiv. Two days later two planes carrying
bodies arrives in the Netherlands.
17 July: Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam is shot
down near the village of Grabove in rebel-held territory close to
the border with Russia. A total of 298 people are killed including
80 children. Western nations said the plane was hit by a Russian-
supplied SA-11 missile fired by rebels.
Residents in the Luhansk region inspect the wreckage of
Ukraine's An-26 transport aircraft (14 July 2014)
Ukrainian officials claimed the missile that brought down the An-
26 probably came from Russia
14 July: A Ukrainian An-26 military transport aircraft is shot down
close to the Russian border at a height of 6,500m, with Ukrainian
officials alleging it was a Russian missile.
The Ukrainian army in Sloviansk (8 July 2014)
The Ukrainian army's capture of Sloviansk was seen as the "start
of a turning point" by President Poroshenko
5 July: Rebels abandon their command centre at Sloviansk in the
face of a government offensive.
27 June: The EU signs an association agreement with Ukraine in
what President Petro Poroshenko describes as the most
important day in the country's history since independence in
1991.
25 June: Russia's parliament cancels a parliamentary resolution
authorising the use of Russian forces in Ukraine. EU leaders
welcome the move but warn of more sanctions.
23 June: Rebels agree to observe the ceasefire proposed by the
government until 27 June but ceasefire falls apart a week later.
20 June: President Poroshenko declares a week-long truce.
13 June: Government troops win back the port city of Mariupol
after heavy fighting.
12 June: Ukraine says three Russian tanks have entered rebel
areas in the east. Russia denies the allegations.
10 June: Petro Poroshenko, sworn in on 7 June, orders the
creation of humanitarian corridors so that civilians can flee
areas of east Ukraine hit by conflict.
The Russian and Ukrainian leaders met as fighting continued in
east Ukraine.
6 June: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President-
elect Petro Poroshenko meet in France and call for a quick end
to the bloodshed.
4 June: Separatist rebels take two Ukrainian military bases in the
eastern region of Luhansk.
3 June: Nato pledges to bolster its defence capabilities
in response to Russian actions in Ukraine.
26-27 May: Ukrainian army launches "anti-terrorist operation"
to oust separatists occupying Donetsk airport. Combat jets,
helicopters and airborne troops deployed and at least 40
separatists killed.
25 May: Ukraine holds presidential election but most polling
stations in east remain closed. President-elect Petro Poroshenko
vows to bring "peace to a united and free Ukraine".
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AKIN DL ETM MERKEZ
YDS Hazrlk Program
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Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko. 26 May 2014
Petro Poroshenko won 54.7% of the vote, enough to avoid a
second round
19 May: Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he has ordered
troops near Ukraine's border to withdraw, but Nato says there is
no sign they have pulled back.
11 May: Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk declare
independence after referendums which were not recognized by
Kiev or the West.
7 May: In an apparent shift in Russian policy, President Putin
calls for referendums in eastern Ukraine to be postponed to
encourage dialogue. He also describes Ukraine's presidential
elections scheduled for 25 May as a move "in the right
direction".
4 May: Pro-Russian protesters attack the police headquarters in
Odessa, prompting police to release dozens of people arrested
over the earlier unrest.
2 May: Clashes in the Black Sea city of Odessa leave at least 42
people dead, most of them pro-Russian activists killed when a
building they had barricaded themselves inside caught fire.
AFTERMATH OF FIRE AT TRADE UNION BUILDING IN ODESSA (2
MAY 2014)
Nearly 40 people died inside the trade union building when a fire
broke out during protests
22 April: Ukraine's acting president orders the relaunch of
military operations against pro-Russian militants in the east after
two men, one a local politician, are found "tortured to death" in
Donetsk region.
Politician Vladimir Rybak disappeared after being filmed trying to
gain access to a building seized by pro-Russian activists, as
Daniel Sandford reports from Donetsk
20-21 April: The shooting of three people manning a pro-Russian
checkpoint near Sloviansk outrages Russia, which
blames it on Ukrainian nationalists.
16 April: The "anti-terrorist" operation quickly stalls: pro-Russian
militants in eastern Ukraine seize six armoured vehicles in the
town of Kramatorsk.
15 April: Ukraine's acting President, Olexander Turchynov,
announces the start of an "anti-terrorist operation" against
pro-Russian separatists.
12 April: In eastern Ukraine, occupations of official buildings by
pro-Russian protesters and militants multiply.
11 April: Ukraine's Interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
offers to devolve more powers to the eastern regions, as pro-
Russia occupations in Donetsk and Luhansk continue.
Pro-Russia activists barricaded the regional state administration
in the eastern city of Donetsk
7 April: Protesters occupy government buildings in the east
Ukrainian cities of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv, calling for a
referendum on independence. Ukrainian authorities regain
control of Kharkiv government buildings the next day.
28 March: Amid signs of a big build-up of Russian forces on
Ukraine's eastern border, US President Barack Obama urges
Moscow to "move back its troops" and lower tensions.
18 March: President Putin signs a bill to absorb Crimea into the
Russian Federation.
17 March: The EU and US impose travel bans and asset freezes
on several officials from Russia and Ukraine over the Crimea
referendum.
16 March: Crimea's secession referendum on joining Russia is
backed by 97% of voters, organisers say.
1 March: Russia's parliament approves President Vladimir
Putin's request to use force in Ukraine to protect Russian
interests. Pro-Russian rallies are held in several Ukrainian cities
outside Crimea.
27-28 February: Pro-Russian gunmen seize key buildings in the
Crimean capital, Simferopol. Unidentified gunmen in combat
uniforms appear outside Crimea's main airports. At his first news
conference since fleeing to Russia, Mr Yanukovych insists he
remains president.