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Hot Topics: Ukraine-Russia Crisis

Events so Far

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Institute for the Study of War
Ukraine Maps
BBC
Russian and Ukranian Force Disposition
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Timeline: The Events Leading Up to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Reuters
How Russia's Mistakes and Ukrainian Resistance Altered Putin's War
Multimedia article about the Ukraine-Russian War from the Financial Times.
Russia's War in Ukraine : Complete Guide in Maps, Videos, and Pictures
The Guardian
War in Ukraine: Global Conflict Tracker
Council on Foreign Relations

More Information and Analysis

Statistics

Russia-Ukraine Conflict - Statistics & Facts
Statista
Ukraine Refugee Situation
UN

International Response

EU Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Council of the European Union
How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent to Ukraine
Council on Foreign Relations, 2024
NATO's Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Over 1000 Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia
Yale, 2025
Russia's War against Ukraine: European Union Responses and U.S.-E.U. Relations
Congressional Research Service, 2025
Ukraine Support Tracker
Kiel Institute
Ukranian Refugee Crisis - UN
United Nations - Ukraine
War in Ukraine: Policy Challenges
Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development

Sanctions

Canadian Sanctions Related to Russia - Global Affairs Canada (Canadian government website)
EU Sanctions against Russia Explained
Council of the European Union
EU Sanctions Map
Overview of US Sanctions - Congressional Research Service
Sanctions against Countries Supporting Russia's Invation of Ukraine
UK House of Commons, 2025
Sanctions and Economic Controls on Russia
International Trade Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Tracking sanctions against Russia
Reuters
Ukraine-/Russia-related Sanctions
US Department of the Treasury
United With Ukraine : Sanctions
U.S. Department of State

Effects of Sanctions

Scholars Discussing Ukraine-Russia Crisis

The Grand Theory Driving Putin to War
From New York Times Opinion. Written by Jane Burbank, Emeritus Professor of History, New York University.
How the Soviet Union Helped Establish the Crime of Aggressive War
From the Just Security Blog. Written by Francine Hirsch, University of Wisconsin
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - Stanford
Russia-Ukraine War: Insights and Analysis - Harvard Kennedy School
Ukraine and Russia : A Current History Virtual History
From University of California Press. An open access issue of the journal "Current History" republishing articles about Russia and Ukraine.
Ukrainian Research Institute - Harvard

Cyberwarfare

Cyber Conflict in the Russia-Ukraine War
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Cyber Operations during the Russo-Ukranian War
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Cyber Threat Activity Related to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Role of Cyber Weapons in Russia's War on Ukraine
NPR
Ukraine, Cyberattacks and the Lessons for International Law
Cambridge University Press
Ukranian Cyber War Confirms the Lesson
Council on Foreign Relations

Books at Fogler Library

Recent Russian and Ukrainian History

Fall of the Soviet Union and the Budapest Memorandum (1991-1994)

How the Soviet Union's Collapse Explains the Current Russia-Ukraine Tension - NPR
How the Fall of the Soviet Union Still Haunts Ukraine - The New Statesman
The Breach: Ukraine's Territorial Integrity and the Budapest Memorandum - The Wilson Center
Why Care about Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum? - Brookings Institute

Orange Revolution (2004)

The Orange Revolution and the Yushchenko Presidency - Britannica
How Ukraine's Orange Revolution Shaped Twenty First Century Geopolitics - The Atlantic Council
Orange Revolution (Film) - International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

Euromaidan and Invasion of Crimea (2013-2014)

Ukrainian's Demand Change in EuroMaidan Protests - University of Washington, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
The Significance of Euromaidan for Ukraine and Europe - The Wilson Center

More Russia-Ukraine History

Ukraine, Russia, and the West : A Background Reading List - JSTOR Daily