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Ukraine hasn’t been a country for too long time, only 25 years.  They have been through a rough and hard beginning for any country to deal with.  When Ukraine first started it was a good start for any new country but everything comes with a problem.  With issues with Russia, Government, and corruption problems.  The big question is how have they managed to deal with all these difficulties?  Ukraine had been know to have an issue with Presidents.
When Ukraine first started they had Leonid Kuchma it started off to an okay start.  He was reelected in 1999  and nominated central bank chairman Viktor Yushchenko to be prime minister. Soon after taking office, Yushchenko came up with an agreement with foreign bondholders to avoid destruction on the nation's $2.6 billion foreign debt.  Ukraine's much-needed economic reforms remained held up by longstanding corruption and political stalemate between reformists and their parliamentary.
In November 2000 a Ukrainian journalist (Georgiy Gongadze) was found decapitated, opposition demonstrators accused Kuchma involvement in the murder of the journalist.  Anti-Kuchma protests were held throughout the country to call for the president's resignation.  He was replaced with Viktor Yanukovych.  Yushchenko is respected in the West for fighting corruption and furthering economic reforms, he is unpopular with many Ukrainian businessmen, who are seen as corrupt.
Kuchma was banned from running for a third term but he stayed in power by   postponing the presidential elections for two years and this extended Kuchma rule until 2006. Tens of thousands of protesters nationwide took to the streets in March, demanding once again on Kuchma to resign.  When there first vote was allowed the two candidates gained a little lead, Yushchenko won 39.87% of the votes, while Yanukovych won 39.32% but observers thought the voting process was rigged to Yanukovych's favor.  the Supreme Court called for a re-run on the elections but this time Yushchenko was victorious by an 8% margin.  In January 2005, Yushchenko was sworn in as president.
An agreement between Russia and Ukraine was reached over the gas issues, but concerns that the agreement had been relented. This led Russian parliament to sack Yekhanurov's government.  In April 2007, Yushchenko dissolved parliament and called a quick election after parliament leaders failed to resolve the struggle with Yanukovych.  Elections were held in September 2007. President Yushchenko urged all parties to hold partnership talks after no clear winner emerged.  Yanukovich's Party of Regions won the most seats in the election. Tymoshenko was expected to once again become prime minister.  In January 2009, a dispute erupted between the Russian Federation and Ukraine over natural gas pricing and in February 2010. Yanukovych won the election.  Not long after the elections, began in May 2010, Yulia Tymoshenko was the target of criminal cases and was accused of  corruption and was found. link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2305100263/SUIC?u=mill58930&xid=16b47378. Accessed 15 May 2017.

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On Russia Hostile acts on Ukraine territory was brought up with the International Criminal Court, with ukraine begging the international community to help support them and to punish Russia for their heinous crimes. The international court found that the Ukrainians were right and russia cancelled its membership in the international court right after the findings.  Even though Russia was found guilty there is no way for the international court to punish Russia for their crimes because of russia’s control over Crimea. There is nothing that is able to save Ukraine from their problems with Ukraine. Ukraine and the rest of Europe are trying to figure out a way how to negotiate with Russia.  For 2 years there has been fighting in Donbass after russia took over Crimea.  The Fighting has a pattern to it that has happened 3 times at least.  The Soviets would attack Ukraine and try to take further land towards the heart of Ukraine and after a couple days of fighting there is a cease fire between the two sides.  With these three cease fires both armed sides had low hostilities but was not willing to take any action. From the two sides fighting in Donbass.  It caused economic and local civilian downfall in the area.  Most civilians in the area have left the area but the incapable ones (elderly, handicap, etc) have stayed in the war zone.  This has caused the town to head downhill with the city's infrastructure. With no infrastructure this leads to less and less authority in the town, this leads to more crime, black marketers, and blockade runners in this area that would make a huge profit. The only thing that could be able to prevent the conflict going on between Russia and Ukraine in Donbass was the Minsk agreement which was created in fall of 2014 but the agreement was broken. The agreement was updated and revised after the fighting in February 2015. With low levels of war going on at the time and the rule breaking with the cease fire. Even with these violations with the ceasefire it is thought that it is a good way to stop further escalation with the war. Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and France all met in 2016 to negotiate what should happen to Ukraine and what the borders would be

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-ukraine-russia-conflict-way-forward-19282 accessed 22 May 2017

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Ukraine is in deep trouble with Russia's invasion. Families have been forced out of their homes and others are fighting and dying. Do you want to do something to help? Well, you can. United Help Ukraine Inc. is a non profitable organization that helps those in Ukraine. 100% of all donations ( minus a transaction fee ) goes to Ukraine. There are many people in need of your help. It would just take a little bit of time and just a little bit of money. Anything can help. If you would like to donate now click the link below. Also, for more information contact them on Facebook: UnitedHelpUkraine.org
Email: UnitedHelpUkraine@gmail.com
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http://unitedhelpukraine.org

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Before, all we really knew about this topic is that Russia wanted to take Ukraine and that the territory should rightfully be Russia's. We both thought that having a strong country like Russia take control was good for Ukraine. After all, Ukraine was a struggling country and was in need of a strong, stable government. What could have gone wrong if Russia took control? Now that we know more about the situation we believe that if Ukraine wants its own independence, then they should be left alone. With Ukraine wanting change of political power we have seen that Ukraine wants the people to be more involved in the way the country should be runned in the future. For the country to be a democracy not a dictatorship. With this we have studied this topic for quite some time now and we have found the history, the current events, the International impact, and how countries can help. I hope we can teach you all the things you didn't know about the little country of Ukraine.

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On May 11, 2017, Donald Trump, president of the United States, tweeted  "Yesterday, on the same day- I had meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the FM of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin."
This shows that other countries are trying to put a stop to this. Strong countries like the US are getting involved with the current situation in Ukraine. They want Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict. This could be bad for U.S because it can cause a disagreement between Russia. U.S. and Russia and U.S are the two most powerful countries in the world. A conflict between the two would be catastrophic for the whole world. Each country would pick a side and we would end up in a world war. I'm not saying this could possibly cause World War III, but it could potentially put us in that direction. Other countries can be affected by this because Russia has allies such as China, Iran and Syria, and U.S has many allies such as France, U.K and Israel. These countries can join in the battle and fight.
http://thehill.com/policy/international/333046-trump-on-russia-ukraine-conflict-lets-make-peace