Kırım Sorunundan Donbas Savaşına Rusya-Ukrayna Uzlaşmazlığı
Russian-Ukraine Conflict from Crimean Problem to Donbas War

Summary/Abstract: Ukraine, which has been at the forefront in terms of possessing the most important geography within Eurasia both in terms of its historically strategic as well as its geopolitical importance, has witnessed the protest for ‘Europeanship’, which started with the Orange Revolution and the Maydan Events—both of which critical turning points within Ukrainian history. One major issue there within this process was the intervention of Russia upon Crimea, and the factors behind this development, as has been discussed in this research. When the current cases which turned into an international crises, the military support provided to the pro-Russia separatists in Donbas conflicts, as well as the annexation of Crimea by Russia are considered, it is possible to see the chaotic dimension more strongly. However, one ought not to ignore the fact that the tensions between Moscow and Kiev began with the disintegration of the USSR, and thus with subsequent decision of independence by Ukrainian Parliament on August 24, 1991. It is important to reveal the urgency of questioning the concepts of law and sovereignty, the annexation of Crimea by Russia, its failure to fulfill at least four separate obligations, and the fact that Western powers are only in partial economic sanctions. To have Ukraine deliver its nuclear weapons and derivatives by relying on the principles of law and morality in order to secure its sovereignty, and its loss of its own lands for being defenseless due to its questioning of power and law are both an indication of time. The purpose of this research is to explain the invasion of Ukrainian land in contrary form and in accordance with the obligations of international treaties that Russia is party to, to provide a background about the violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity (including the factors leading the change in Russia’s external policy, which makes the threat vital with the expansion of NATO and the EU), and finally to analyze the destructive effects of Ukraine becoming a global taciturn between Russia and the West and between Russia and the EU.

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