Ukraine

Cards (8)

  • Separatism is claims for or practice of separation of a group of people from a larger state on the basis of their ethnicity or unified culture language or religion
  • Annexation is the formal act where a state proclaims its sovereignty over territory outside its domain
  • Annexation of crimea has disconnected water supply and has increased military presence with lots of buildings destroyed and soil quality deteriorated
  • Separatists in the Donbas has led to 7000 deaths 13900 injuries and 1.47mn of 5.2 Mn displaced with loss of income and access to food and communications with 600000 fleeing to neighbouring counteies
  • Separatists has led to rocket fire loss of water and power damage to industrial plants and forest fires
  • Russian invasion caused 4bn in education damages blockades of grain 19000 casualties and 7mn without electricity with 3.5mn homeless
  • Russian invasion 50bn damage to housing 11 industry 11 energy 9 agriculture 634 cultural facilities destroyed
  • Russia has faced economic sanctions but products can be sold elsewhere and nato has increased presence with banks stopping Russian access with oil price limited and us and uk stopping imports and tncs leaving but economy expected to grow 0.7%