Russia Ukraine Crisis-Explained.

*The tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a former Soviet republic have been simmering for some time but they began to boil over in early 2021. In January of last year, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, urged US president Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to join NATO forces. Russia which began sending soldiers near the Ukrainian border for "Training exercises" in the spring of last year and increased the number in the fall, is furious. The United States began to hype the presence of Russia troops on the ground, and vice president Joe Biden threatened Russia with harsh sanctions if it attacked Ukraine. Russia is seeking a legally enforcement assurance from the United States that NATO forces will not engage in any military operations.

*Ukraine, according to Russian president Vladimir Putin, is merely a US puppet and was never a true sovereign state in the first place. This isn't the first time that conflict has erupted between Russia and Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, when pro- putin separates seized large swaths of eastern Ukraine, and has been fighting the annexed Crimea. Ukraine has expensive social and cultural ties with Russia, and Russia is widely spoken there; however, since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, those ties have deteriorated.

*Russia went on the offensive after Ukraine pro-Russian president list in early 2014. More than 14,000 people are thought to have died as a result of the ongoing conflict in the east . Russia and Ukraine signed the Minsk peace agreement to end ten ongoing violent armed conflict in East Ukraine, including the Donna's region. As the armed conflict continues, Russia has announced that it will send "peacekeepers" to the region. According to them, Moscow is using it as a pretex to occupy Ukraine's sovereign territory.

*The European Union is affected by the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Which shares a border with the European Union

*Only a few months ago, French president Emmanuel Macron travelled to Moscow to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin in an attempt to defuse tensions.

*India is also advocating a diplomatic solution to the current violent between Russia and Ukraine through talks.