Ukraine civil war
Geographic datas (Erkki Zeberio)
The political map
Geography map and demographic
Regarding to the main geopolitical indicators, Ukraine has a surface more than 600,000 km2, the largest country in Europe after Russia. The population is about 45 million, resulting in a density of 77 inhabitants per km2.
Its territory consists of plains (steppes and 6 plateaus) high fertility (53.8% of the land is arable) with some foothills to the west (the Carpathians) and in the Crimea.
Ukraine is divided into two parts: one part of which is south Ukraine and north that are the Russians.
Raw materials of Ukraine
Ukraine is rich in mineral deposits, including iron ore (of which it once produced 50 percent of the entire Soviet output), manganese ore (of which it produced 40 percent of world output during the Soviet era), mercury, titanium, and nickel.
Ukraine has a major ferrous metal industry, producing cast iron, steel and pipes. Among its economy leading companies in that field are Metinvest, Kryvorizhstal, AzovStal, Ilyich Steel & Iron Works, and others. As of 2012, Ukraine is the world'stenth largest steel producer (according to World Steel Association).
The map of the railways
Economic datas (Mikel Mendizabal)
The Per capita of Ukraine
Ferrous metals and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food product this some of producst that ukraine export. Ukraine’s economic freedom score is 46.9, making its economy the 162nd freest in the 2015 Index. Its score is 2.4 points lower than last year. Ukraine has registered the second largest score decline of any country graded in the 2015 Index
Export and import in 2014
In 2014 Ukrainian mining companies exported 40894.26 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials. According to the customs statistics, these exports decreased by 11.1%, to $3325.04 billion. The main export destinations in 2014 were China (47.36%), Poland (10.93%) and the Czech Republic (10.78%). In 2014 Ukraine imported 3211.99 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials worth $246.15 million
-Main export partners
- Russia 24.2%
- Turkey 6%...
-China 4.3% (2013 est.)
-Imports Decrease $87.21 billion (2013 est.)
-energy (mainly natural gas), machinery and equipment, chemicals
-Main import partners
-Belarus 5.3% (2013 est.)
-Gross external debt
-Increase $38.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Ukraine is relatively rich in natural resources, particularly in mineral deposits . Although oil and natural gas reserves in the country are largely exhausted
Multinational corporations have had a very positive impact on the continuing development of a market economy in Ukraine, as they by and large have been the first foreign investors to put down roots in the country
In Ukraine covering about 20 major industries, namely power generating, fuel, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical and petrochemical and gas, machine-building and metal-working, forest, wood-working and wood pulp and paper, construction materials, light, food and others.
GPD Per capita
-The railway plays the role of connecting all major urban areas .
-Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the third world the main of this infrastructure is to create energy for all the country.
-Electricity the main of this infrastructure is to spread all the population energie.
-Food multinationals they export full of food to all the countries is one of bigest, because the food is necessary.
HDI of Ukraine
The HDI index of ukraine is in the number 43 in all the world.
History of Ukraine before the conflict (Manu Miangolarra)
Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to achieve a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and forced to endure a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although final independence for Ukraine was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties. A peaceful mass protest "Orange Revolution" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor Yushchenko. Subsequent internal squabbles in the Yushchenko camp allowed his rival Viktor Yanukovych to stage a comeback in parliamentary elections and become prime minister in August of 2006. An early legislative election, brought on by a political crisis in the spring of 2007, saw Yuliya Tymoshenco, as head of an "Orange" coalition, installed as a new prime minister in December 2007. Viktor Yanukvych was elected president in a February 2010 run-off election that observers assessed as meeting most international standards. The following month, the Rada approved a vote of no-confidence prompting Yuliya TYMOSHENKO to resign from her post as prime minister.
Explaining the conflict (Politic and economic)
Protests originally erupted in November 2013 after President Viktor Yanukovych chose not to sign a political association and free trade agreement with the European Union at the summit of the Eastern Partnership at Vilnius, choosing closer ties with Russia instead.
Russia and EU proposals and situation after the conflict
First dealings between Russia and Ukraine
Dead's in revolts
The Civil war (Timeline)
18 February (initial clashes)
Trucks which had been carrying troops are burned on crossroads in Kiev city's center on 18 February.
Protesters throwing bricks and Molotov cocktails at police who are behind the burning barricade
The night before the clashes, Right Sector issued an announcement, calling for all members to ready themselves for a "peace offensive" on 18 February. The Maidan People's Union also called on all concerned citizens to take place in the "peace offensive," of which student unions had committed to joining as well.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched an "anti-terrorist" operation, while the intelligence services began investigating unnamed politicians over what was described as an illegal attempt to seize power.
By late afternoon, hundreds of riot police officers guarding the presidential compound and nearby government buildings had vanished.
Today attacks in Ukraine continues, for example on June 3 there was a major attack by pro-Russian militias, who have launched an offensive on the village of Marinka, 15 kilometers from Donetsk, with the participation of a thousand men, a dozen tanks and artillery, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian army.
So you can see that the attacks continue five months after the first manifestation.
The first would be to enter into a new government of national concentration with the " Political parts of Regions", to be directed to the country with a program of consensus until the presidential elections of 2015.
On the other hand the government should distance themselves from extreme violence.
Russia should not put pressure on Ukraine to attract it to the Customs Union, firstly because that would increase the tensions in this country.
Finally, the European Union must significantly alter their policies to tackle the crisis and mend relations with Russia.
Furthermore, they should avoid intervening in the internal political process of Ukraine against the legitimate and democratically constituted power, which can only be replaced at the ballot box and not with the weapons.