What are Russia’s interests in Ukraine?
• Family ties: Russia and Ukraine have strong familial bonds that go back centuries. Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, is sometimes referred to as “the mother of Russian cities,” on par in terms of cultural influence with Moscow and St. Petersburg.
• Russian diaspora: Among Russia’s top concerns is the welfare of the approximately eight million ethnic Russians living in Ukraine.
• Superpower image: After the Soviet collapse, losing a permanent hold on Ukraine, and letting it fall into the Western orbit, was seen by many as a major blow to Russia’s international prestige.
• Crimea: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954. However, since the fall of the union, many Russian nationalists in both Russia and Crimea have longed for a return of the peninsula.

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Russia-Ukraine Conflict
1:54 Vladimir Putin's Personality
4:00 Life of Vladimir Putin
11:10 Chechania War
21:27 NATO's East Advancement
22:15 New Countries in NATO
23:20 Ukraine-Russia Military Comparison
24:20 Ukraine President Rejects Evacuation Offer by USA
25:02 Annexation of Crimea
27:10 NATO Bases near Russia (Eastern Europe)
29:39 Antonov AN-225 or ‘Mriya’ Destroyed in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
31:30 Ground Situation in Ukraine (Kyiv)
36:33 Putin's Dream of USSR
42:45 NATO in 1998 VS NATO in 2022
46:07 Organisations involving Europe and Russia
50:00 Students' Questions

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