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2023-08-25 10:14:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 48FFD5E4D284B40D656AAD88FF0EB78736332511C98ECFE24B9217F48A80867B
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Russia started the war following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity. Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. Armed Russian-backed separatists (and Wagner mercenaries) seized Ukrainian government buildings and declared Donetsk and Luhansk independent states. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/understanding-ukraines-euromaidan-protests https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/World-News/2023/06/24/ukraine-Wagner-Group-Yevgeny-Prigozhin-Russia-Ukraine-timeline/3001687623258/ https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/02/16/what-did-ukraines-revolution-in-2014-achieve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014–2022)#:~:text=The%20war%20in%20Donbas%2C%20or,launched%20an%20operation%20against%20them.
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