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The Ukrainian Crisis

Youtube Link. In the Spring of 2014, the nation of Ukraine overthrew the last remnants of its ties with the former Soviet Union, and made public its desire to join the Eurozone. Ethnic Russians in the east, fearing persecution, called on their neighbors for help. Within months, Russia had launched a covert invasion of Eastern Ukraine, encircling Ukrainian troops on the ground, and bringing it to the brink of war with the West. The American 6th fleet, stationed off the European coast, could only watch.

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