Explaining the Ukraine Crisis
Explaining the Ukraine Crisis ——— One of Ukraine’s most important geographic feature is the Dnipro River. It starts in Russia and flows south into the country of Belarus and then into Ukraine where it cuts Ukraine into two parts. This river is not only a unique river geographically, but also culturally. Looking at maps of the different languages spoken in different parts of Ukraine and you’ll see that residents living west of the river speak mainly Ukrainian while residents living east of the river speak mainly Russian. Anyways, back to the river. The Dnipro continues the cut Ukraine into two before flushing into the Black Sea. The part of Ukraine facing the Black Sea is a Peninsula called Crimea. Home to roughly 2 million people, Crimea is technically a part of Ukraine and has been for more than 100 years but most of the people living in Crimea identifies and speak Russian. According to various sources on the Internet, around 65% of Crimean identify as Russian with another ...