Redigerer Den russisk-ukrainske krisen 2021–2022 (avsnitt)

=== Politisk uro i 2013-2014 ===
Etter ukevis med demonstrasjoner i den såkalte [[Euromajdan|Euromajdan-bevegelsen]] (2013–2014), skrev den pro-russiske ukrainske presidenten [[Viktor Janukovitsj]] 21. februar 2014 under på en avtale om nyvalg. Dagen etter rømte Janukovitsj fra [[Kyiv]] og en riksrett-avstemning som tok fra ham presidentmakten.<ref name="interfax1">{{cite news|date=2014-02-24|title=Rada removes Yanukovych from office, schedules new elections for May 25|agency=Interfax-Ukraine|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192030.html|url-status=live|access-date=2015-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210094859/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192030.html|archive-date=2020-02-10|quote=Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has decided to remove Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from office and scheduled early presidential elections for May 25, 2014. The decisions were supported by 328 MPs at a parliament meeting on Saturday.}}</ref><ref name="Aljz012">{{cite web|date=2014-02-22|title=Ukraine President Yanukovich impeached|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/02/ukraine-parliament-ousts-president-yanukovich-2014222152035601620.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206035812/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/02/ukraine-parliament-ousts-president-yanukovich-2014222152035601620.html|archive-date=2015-02-06|access-date=2015-02-25|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]|quote=}}</ref><ref name="RadioFreeEurope">{{cite web|last=Sindelar|first=Daisy|date=2014-02-23|title=Was Yanukovych's Ouster Constitutional?|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/was-yanukovychs-ouster-constitutional/25274346.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729143204/https://www.rferl.org/a/was-yanukovychs-ouster-constitutional/25274346.html|archive-date=2020-07-29|access-date=2014-02-25|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe]]|quote=A majority of 328 lawmakers of the 450-seat parliament voted on February 22 to remove Yanukovych from power, citing as grounds his abandoning office and the deaths of more than 80 protesters and police in the past chaotic week of violence.}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news|last=Feffer|first=John|date=2014-03-14|title=Who Are These 'People,' Anyway?|work=[[The Huffington Post|HuffPost]]|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-feffer/who-are-these-people-anyw_b_4964526.html|url-status=live|access-date=2014-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318044043/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-feffer/who-are-these-people-anyw_b_4964526.html|archive-date=2014-03-18|quote=At that point, his own party abandoned him and called for a vote to take place. Parliament then voted to remove Yanukovych from office by a margin of 328 to 0. There are 449 seats in the parliament, so there were some absences and abstentions, but the majority position was clear, and it included many deputies from Yanukovych's own party.}}</ref> Lederne i de russisktalende [[Donetsbekkenet|østlige regionene i Ukraina]] erklærte fortsatt troskap til Janukovitsj,<ref name="Aljz012" /><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Polityuk|editor-last=Roche|archive-date=2016-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609181723/http://in.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-parliament-idINDEEA1L04L20140222|access-date=2020-11-18|url-status=yes|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-parliament-idINDEEA1L04L20140222|editor-first=Andrew|location=[[Kyiv]]|first1=Pavel|work=[[Reuters]]|title=Ukraine parliament removes Yanukovich, who flees Kiev in "coup"|date=2014-02-22|others=Gabriela Baczynska, Marcin Goettig, Peter Graff, Giles Elgood|first2=Matt|last2=Robinson|quote=Underscoring Ukraine’s regional divisions, leaders of Russian-speaking eastern provinces loyal to Yanukovich voted to challenge anti-Yanukovich steps by the central parliament.|accessdate=2022-02-12|archivedate=2016-06-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609181723/http://in.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-parliament-idINDEEA1L04L20140222}}</ref> noe som førte til de pro-russiske urolighetene i Ukraina samme år.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fisher|first=Max|date=2014-09-03|title=Everything you need to know about the Ukraine crisis|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/9/3/18088560/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122003807/https://www.vox.com/2014/9/3/18088560/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know|archive-date=2022-01-22|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref> Dette ble etterfulgt av [[krigen i Donbass]] i april 2014 og opprettelsen av de selverklærte «folkerepublikkene» [[Folkerepublikken Donetsk|Donetsk]] og [[Folkerepublikken Lugansk|Lugansk]] – begge tungt støttet av Russland – samt [[Russlands anneksjon av Krim i 2014]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Grytsenko|first=Oksana|date=2014-04-12|title=Armed pro-Russian insurgents in Luhansk say they are ready for police raid|work=Kyiv Post|location=[[Lugansk]]|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/armed-pro-russian-insurgents-in-luhansk-say-they-are-ready-for-police-raid-343167.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412131249/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/armed-pro-russian-insurgents-in-luhansk-say-they-are-ready-for-police-raid-343167.html|archive-date=2014-04-12|quote=The insurgents demand the authorities to stop an anti-terrorist operation against them and other separatists of Ukraine' southeast. They also want the Russian language to have official status as well a law allowing local referendums and legalization of their army. But their top aim is federalization of the country through all-Ukrainian referendum, one step from secession from the nation. “It should be a federation in the borders of Ukraine, but with the right to separate if people demand this,” Kariakin said, confident that 85 percent of people in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine's seventh most populous with 2.2 million people, support him. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in neighboring Donetsk on April 11, that local referendums are possible, but only to decide local issues. He also assured the residents of the mostly Russian-speaking southeast that the government would not revoke the current law on regional languages that, in fact, gives Russian official status in these regions.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ragozin|first=Leonid|title=Annexation of Crimea: A masterclass in political manipulation|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/3/16/annexation-of-crimea-a-masterclass-in-political-manipulation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528090201/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/annexation-crimea-masterclass-political-manipulation-190315174459207.html|archive-date=2020-05-28|access-date=2022-01-24|publisher=Al Jazeera|location=[[Riga]]|language=en|quote=Putin framed the invasion and eventual annexation of Crimea as an act of salvation rather than a clear violation of international law and turned a revolution which could have marked the end of his rule into a much-needed popularity booster – the wave of chauvinism triggered by the annexation of Crimea sent Putin’s approval ratings to an unbelievable 89 percent, while sidelining the opposition and giving him another five years of relatively trouble-free time at home.}}</ref>