Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The previous year, protests in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, against Ukrainian President Viktor ...

the annexation was framed as a “return to the native family,” while high schoolers were introduced to the lesson with a quote from Putin: “Crimea is infused with our shared history and pride.” ...

Annexation. “The fact is that the United ... and was angling to remove the border to take it. If history doesn’t exactly repeat itself, it certainly echoes, even across a 135-year canyon.