Terms such as civil war or internal conflict are often used to describe the war in Eastern Ukraine. However, the available evidence no longer supports this view. During summer 2014, Ukrainian officials and also the U.S. government were already publicly stating that the Russian military were active in the war. A number of subsequent reports have corroborated these claims, documenting the presence and death of Russian servicemen in Eastern Ukraine, as well as the existence of Russian military equipment inside Ukraine.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2016/12/21/russian-artillery-strikes-against-ukraine/Delivered at the international conference «Russian Statehood: Stable Instability»
Here, in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine which is fighting Russian aggression, it is quite appropriate to begin the analysis of the modern Russian regime by recalling a fundamental historical fact: prior to the Mongol invasion, our common progenitrix Kievan Rus’ was being formed and was developing as a European nation. The Mongol invasion tragically split its ethnos into two.
Techniques and Counter-strategies to Russian Propaganda in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Vadym Prystayko, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, welcoming speech

Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine Natalia Nemylivska, welcoming speech

The Head of the Centre for Russian Studies Volodymyr Ohryzko, welcoming speech

The moderator and speakers of the first panel “Economic crisis in Russia: causes, manifestations and chances to overcome”

Prof. Dmitriy Travin, Russia

Prof. Pavlo Haydutskyi

Prof. Oleksandr Vlasiuk

Prof. Oleksandr Savchenko

The moderator and speakers of the second panel “Western economic strategy towards Russia: business or values?”

Ute Kochlowski-Kadjaia, Germany

Prof. Andreas Umland, Germany

Mikhail Gonchar
Russia’s actions in Ukraine have forced the Alliance to refocus on collective defence of both its populations and its values.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/nato-summit-shows-moscow-reinvigorated-alliance