# Crimea annexation and war in Donbas

The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed groups who started a war in the eastern Donbas region against Ukraine's military.

## Dated facts

- 2018: Zakharchenko killed in Donetsk café explosion. https://factrail.ai/facts/zakharchenko-killed-donetsk-blast-2018-08-31. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45371270, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/rebel-leader-alexander-zakharchenko-killed-in-explosion-in-ukraine, https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-separatist-leader-zakharchenko-reported-killed-in-donetsk-cafe-blast/29464119.html.
- 2015: Zakharchenko signs Minsk II package. https://factrail.ai/facts/zakharchenko-signs-minsk-ii-2015-02-12. Sources: https://tass.com/world/777275, https://www.peaceagreements.org/agreements/1364/, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/12/ukraine-crisis-reports-emerge-of-agreement-in-minsk-talks.
- 2014: Alexander Zakharchenko becomes head of the self-proclaimed DPR. https://factrail.ai/facts/zakharchenko-heads-dpr-2014-08-07. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/russian-resigns-ukrainian-head-donetsk-peoples-republic, https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-separatist-leader-zakharchenko-reported-killed-in-donetsk-cafe-blast/29464119.html.
- 2014: Kolomoisky appointed governor of Dnipropetrovsk. https://factrail.ai/facts/kolomoisky-dnipropetrovsk-governor-2014-03-02. Sources: https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2014/03/02/7017093/, https://www.kyivpost.com/post/10123, https://en.thepage.ua/dossier/kolomoisky-ihor.

## Methodology

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