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Diving into the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

As has been littered across the headlines and news channels, the animosity between Russia and Ukraine recently came to a head amid several attacks on the outskirts of Ukraine. Although the conflict has festered over many years now, Russian troops began to press up against the Ukrainian borders in January 2022 with the first major attack taking place on Feb. 24. These \u201cspecial military operations\u201d as Russian president Vladimir Putin coined them, are a physical representation of the deeply rooted conflict between the neighboring countries. This large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is the largest military mobilization Europe has seen since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How did this all start?<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Many people might look at the current political rift in Europe and trace it back to 2014, when Russia overtook the Crimean Peninsula located to the south of Ukraine. The land was a hot commodity for Russia not only for its top-tier scenery and arable land, but also for direct access to the Black Sea and freshwater.
However, history teacher Brent Chambers thinks that in order to fully grasp the issue, one needs to look farther back in history around the era of World War II when Russia was in the height of its expansion. During WWII, the Nazi forces swept through present-day Ukraine in the midst of a Russian invasion. However, when the tides turned in the war, the Soviet Union pushed back into Ukrainian territory. The animosity that the soldiers had for the Ukrainian people was born out of an idea that the Ukrainian people were somehow responsible for letting the German invasion happen in the first place, and thus the mistreatment of the Ukrainian people began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In more recent years, the conflict continued into the early 1990s when Ukraine voted strongly for independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine, now an independent country with a steady path toward democracy, acquired strong ties with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This organization, made up of 28 European countries and two North American countries, poses a major threat to Russia due to the fact that Ukraine is now getting support from many western, democratic nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Vasylyk Family<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Vlad Vasylyk is a current foreign exchange student coming from the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second largest city. Kharkiv is located about 20 miles from the Russian border and has been hit especially hard since the February attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201c[On Feb. 24], I got up in the morning and I didn\u2019t see the news,\u201d Vasylyk said. \u201cI just saw a number of messages from my friends, from my family both from here and the Ukraine. I texted my brother to ask about what was going on, and he said that something started [in Ukraine].\u201d<\/p>\n

For Vasylyk, one of the most surreal aspects of seeing this conflict taking place in his home country is seeing the devastation unfold in parts of Ukraine that are close to his reality growing up.<\/p>\n

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I just couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d Vasylyk said. \u201cNow you\u2019re looking at pictures of the places that you used to jog and walk around and now you see something that you see in history books and documentaries about World War II and you\u2019re looking at this like, \u2018this is not real.\u2019 But it is, it\u2019s just crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One quality that makes this war different from those in the past is that Russian forces are deliberately targeting civilian areas in Ukraine, in an attempt to \u201cdemoralize Ukraine resistance\u201d according to the Wall Street Journal. With this tactic, casualties continue to grow in major Ukrainian cities like the nation\u2019s capital of Kyiv. Kharkiv has also been a victim of Russian forces, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties in just a matter of days.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, Russians didn\u2019t seem to target civilians,\u201d Vasylyk said. \u201cBut quite recently, there has been pretty big damage to apartment buildings and they started shelling civilian targets as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Vasylyk has been living in the States since September, his parents are still currently living in Ukraine. Like many others all around the world, Vasylyk\u2019s mother Olena Spasonova was shocked that Russia would commit such acts being that many of Ukrainian citizens have family living over in Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am in a state of total lack of understanding on what to do next,\u201d Spasonova said. \u201cWhere to move, work, beginning from scratch at the age of 50. Although, you understand that you are living, and that\u2019s a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most startling thing to grasp for many Ukrainian citizens is the fact that their lives have been so unexpectedly interrupted in just a moment. Although the unrest has made it so that day to day life is unpredictable and worrisome, Spasonova has found comfort knowing that her son is safe in Michigan. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible [for Vlad] to live in his home city right now,\u201d Vasylyk\u2019s father Sergii Vasylyk said. \u201cThe shellings continue and evacuations are taking place. Obviously, education and self-development are out of the question under such circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without the possibility for a good education in Ukraine right now in the midst of this war, Sergii said that he feels happy knowing that his son is able to continue his education and challenge his abilities in a country without ongoing attacks posing threats at every corner.<\/p>\n

It was 5 a.m. on Feb. 24 in which Spasonova and Sergii first heard explosions. It wasn\u2019t until a few days later when the fighting encroached into Kharkiv.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation was getting worse every day,\u201d Sergii said. \u201cThere was fighting on the outskirts of the city, and then the shellings of military objects and administrative infrastructure took place. The following day, the Russian army started directing attacks at residential buildings, schools, universities, and hospitals. We had to hide in a dedicated shelter, and a few days later decided to evacuate to another city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where do we go from here?<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

According to the website Aljazeera, nations such as the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and France are amongst the many countries that have supplied Ukraine with supplies in recent weeks. In the wake of this onslaught, these nations have supplied the country with military aid among other supplies, such as body armor and lethal defensive weapons with the hopes that these resources will help the nation defend itself against one of the world\u2019s most powerful military forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know the kids at Dow High are kind, compassionate human beings and I hope that when they turn on the news and they see families fleeing a burning apartment building they are appalled and they remember that what separates us from that reality are two huge oceans.<\/p>Brent Chambers<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Amidst the grim present for the Ukrainians, many locals have made the decision to step up and fight as armed volunteers. Locals are also helping the cause by donating food from restaurants, as well as medicine from pharmacies to treat the wounded in the midst of these grim attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that peace and kind relations among people is the key thing in our lives,\u201d Vasylyk\u2019s mother Olena Spasonova said. \u201cI have faith in the power of the Ukrainian people, the heroism of our soldiers who defend civilian people not sparing their own life, and I am so grateful to all the people in the world who have helped us and have been praying for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chambers believes that the unrest present in Ukraine is an opportunity for people all over the world to understand just how important and valuable democracy is.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocracy is fragile and it\u2019s precious,\u201d Chambers said. \u201cIf we fail to recognize internal and external threats to it, we\u2019re making an error. And I hope that if there\u2019s one good thing that comes out of this, it\u2019s a reminder for all of us that it doesn\u2019t take much to upset the fragility of a democratic government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graphic by Brooke Seymour<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Who is Vladimir Putin?<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

In the past, Russian president Vladimir Putin has held the presidential position as well as the prime minister position. In previous years, he was the president from 2000 to 2008, and fulfilled the role as president again in 2012 to now. His prime minister duties were in the years 1999 to 2000, and then again from 2008 to 2012.
After graduating from Leningrad State University, Putin became an intelligence officer in 1975, working with the military early on in his career. He worked with the State Security Committee (KGB in Russian-language abbreviation) for a time before joining then president Boris Yeltsin\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is Volodymyr Zelenskyy?<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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Elected into office in 2019, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the sixth president of the country. Before his career in politics, he was a very well-known actor and comedian. Ironically, one of his most famous roles was in a TV series in which an ordinary man would later become the president of Ukraine.
He is credited with being the leader that modernized the nation\u2019s military along with standing firm to the aspiration for Ukraine to be closely tied to the western nations with democracies, rather than the communist nation of Russia. <\/p>\n

Many people have found that Zelenskyy\u2019s leadership during this time of unrest has been incredibly unique in the way that he has stood by his people through the time of war. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not used to seeing political leaders in the streets with their people during an invasion,\u201d Chambers said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing. Instead of hiding in a bunker, he\u2019s not leading from the back, he\u2019s leading from the front, and it\u2019s inspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n

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