On December 1, 1991 over 90 per cent of those who took part in the Ukranian referendum voted to leave the USSR, and that in turn spelt the end of the Cold War superpower.
In 1994 Ukraine agreed to give up nuclear weapons. The deal meant that Ukraine insisted on guarantees of territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Ukraine had the third-largest nuclear arsenal after the the US and Russia.
Russia blamed the US and the EU for provoking and supporting the popular revolt against President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled to Russia. Russia subsequently annexed Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine began.
Ukraine has caused ‘problems’ for Russia for a long time. Since the mid-19th century, there have been those who called Ukraine, Little Russia.
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