21 February 2025

Relations between the U.S. and Ukraine have soured as President Trump continues to attack Ukrainian President Zelensky. NBC News’ Kelly Cobiella reports more. Former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker join Alex Witt to share their analysis.

2014

The War in Donbass (also known as the War in Ukraine or War in Eastern Ukraine) is an ongoing armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine. From the beginning of March 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, together commonly called the "Donbass", in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the Euromaidan movement. These demonstrations, part of a wider group of concurrent pro-Russian protests across southern and eastern Ukraine, escalated into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, and the Ukrainian government Prior to a change of the top leadership in August, the separatists were largely led by Russian citizens. Russian paramilitaries are reported to make up from 15% to 80% of the combatants.

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Aug 7, 2021 — On August 8, 2008, Russian forces began the invasion of Georgia, marking the start of Europe's first twenty-first century war.

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