Ukraine Review
The 2014-2022 war between Ukraine and the two Russian backed provinces has resulted in how many casualties?
14,000 casualties
How long was Ukraine independent before it was pulled into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
3 years (1917-1920)
In 2014 the Ukrainian President turned from Europe to a trade deal with Russia which set off what reaction in Kiev? (Kyiv)
3-month protest
How many people died during the Crimean War which saw the UK, Turkey and France fighting Russia for control of this strategic peninsula?
3/4 Million dead
What percentage of Russian export gas is routed through Ukraine?
50%
What percentage of Ukraine's population live in towns or cities?
69.8%
Mr. Putin and the close circle of aides, view the overthrow of Mr. Yanukovych as what orchestrated by the West to undercut Russia's vital interests?
A coup
What is a "Kleptocracy?"
A government of thieves.
Give four reasons why the US and our Allies would be "gun-shy."
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria
What are the two colors in Ukraine's flag?
Azure and golden yellow
Ukraine is bordered to the north and east by what two nations?
Belarus to the North and Russia to the East.
2014 the Russian's shoot down Malaysian airliner full of Dutch tourists over Donetsk using what weapon?
Buk 9K37 Missile system
What Russian Empress pulled Ukraine into her empire?
Catherine the Great
What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear reactor which shocked the world when it melted down in 1986.
Chernobyl
Ukraine possesses what three fossil fuel resources?
Coal, natural gas, and oil
What was the name of the new Ukrainian state which rose in the mid-17th century?
Cossack Hetmanate
What strategic Ukrainian peninsula has been occupied by Russia since 2014?
Crimea Penisula
What Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula is critically important for Russia's navy?
Crimean Peninsula
In mid-2014, Russia began supplying proxies in two of Ukraine's eastern provinces with men, funding, and materiel driving an armed conflict with Ukrainian Govt. that continues. What are the names of the two secessionist provinces?
Donetsk and Luhansk
Until 2022, the Ukrainian military's primary concern was in what two regions?
Donetsk and Luhansk
How many people were forced to flee Ukraine after the Kremlin gave the order for a Russian invasion?
Eight million people were forced to flee Ukraine by the Russian invasion.
US officials alleged that Russia has been preparing to "fabricate a pretext for an invasion" of Ukraine by creating what kind of operation?
Fabricate a video of Ukraine attacking first
The current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was in what profession before he was elected?
Former Comedian
What was the name of the first eastern Slavic state?
Kyivan Rus
Putin was able to justify invading Crimea because the majority of the population are of what ethnicity?
Large population of Russians that he's just trying to "protect"
Prior to the 2014 invasion, the Kremlin announced that their movement of 150,000 troops, as well as air and naval forces and live-fire demonstrations in several Russian bases next to Ukraine were not an invasion but just what?
Maneuvers
Ukraine's climate falls mostly into the temperate continental zone. The exception is the Crimea which is in what climate zone?
Mediterranean
What five nations border Ukraine to the south and southwest?
Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland
What was the name of the 2004 Revolution that overturned a rigged presidential election?
Orange revolution
How many Ukrainians died during famines which were orchestrated by the USSR?
Over 8 million
What papers were leaked which show how Russians got rich illegally because of connections to Putin?
Pandora Papers
Ukraine was swallowed up as a part of what eastern European commonwealth?
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Moscow demands that NATO do what in relation to Ukraine?
Remove troops and infa-structure
Why would a military escalation with Russia be extremely risky?
Russia being the second-largest nuclear power
Ukraine's military currents consists of around 209,000 active personnel and around 900,000 reservists, compare Ukraine's military with Russia's military.
Russia has 900,000 active and 2 Million reservists Russia is spending 61.7 Billion on there military Kiev is only spending 5.9 Billion
What were the name of the elite Russian cavalry troops of the Russian Empire?
Russian Kazak
Where does Ukraine rank in size compared to other 20th Century European nations?
Second Largest
Ukraine is slightly smaller than which American state?
Texas
What sea, located on Ukraine's southern border, is reported to have underdeveloped gas and oil fields?
The Black Sea
What two seas define Ukraine's southern coast?
The Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
A "referendum" was held for the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation which was condemned as illegitimate by what two international organizations?
The UN and the EU
Ukraine declared independence from the USSR after what violent event?
The failed coup against Gorbachev
What did the Ukrainian military do during the 2014 Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine?
They did not fight back
How many times in the past has Russia's Gazprom stopped gas shipments to Ukraine cutting off critical shipments to many European nations?
Twice, first in 2006 and second in 2009
What two nations are currently sending shoulder fired anti aircraft and anti-tank missiles and ammunition to Ukraine?
UK and the US
The PRC released a statement saying China's and Russia's foreign ministers had coordinated their positions on issues of common concern in what three countries?
Ukraine, Afghanistan and Korea.
The vast majority of Ukrainians fall into what two ethnic groups?
Ukrainians- 72.7% Russians- 22.1%
Vladimir Putin said Russia reserved the right to use what against Ukraine as a "last resort?
Use force
Russia's Historic Strategic Priorities are what?
Warm Water Ports
Ukraine's rich black soil has given it what nickname?
the breadbasket of Europe
