Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military operation against Ukraine on February 24. The forces invaded Ukraine from several directions and this is being seen as the beginning of war in Europe over Russia's demands for an end to NATO's eastward expansion Putin denied for months that he was planning an invasion. However, today, in a televised speech, he declared that he had ordered "a special military operation" to protect Russian citizens who had been subjected to "genocide" in Ukraine Historical backdrop The tensions between Russia and Ukraine go years back. However, tensions escalated in 2021 when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged US President Joe Biden to let Ukraine join NATO. Ukraine is a democratic country of 44 million people, with over 1,000 years of history. It also happens to be the biggest country in Europe by area after Russia. After the fall of the Soviet Union, it voted for independence from Moscow. Putin deems Ukraine as an artificial creation carved from Russia by enemies. He has also described Ukraine as a puppet of the West. Zelensky's request to be a part of NATO angered Russia and it started placing troops near the Ukraine border. On November 10, 2021, the US reported unusual Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border. On November 28, Ukraine said Russia is massing nearly 92,000 troops for an offensive at the end of January or early February. However, Moscow denied it and accused Kyiv of a military build-up of its own. In December, President Biden warned of severe sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin has constantly demanded guarantees from the West and Ukraine that it will not join NATO. 2014 invasion This is not the first time that tensions have mounted between Russia and Ukraine. Russia had invaded Ukraine in 2014 and annexed its Crimean peninsula. Rebels backed by President Putin seized large swathes of eastern Ukraine and fought the army. The attack came in when its pro-Russian president was deposed. The war has claimed over 14,000 lives since then. What does Ukraine want? A 2001 poll suggests that nearly half of Ukrainians supported the country’s exit from the Soviet Union. Now, over 80 per cent of people support Ukraine’s independence. Current situation As Russia continued to launch missiles, Ukraine's military claimed at least "50 Russian occupiers" were killed. "Shchastya is under control. 50 Russian occupiers were killed. Another Russian plane was destroyed in the Kramatorsk district. This is the sixth," Ukraine's military said. Russo-Ukrainian War[c] is an ongoing international conflict between Russia and Russian-controlled separatists against Ukraine, which began in February 2014.[d] Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists in the war in Donbas against Ukrainian government forces; fighting for the first eight years of the conflict also included naval incidents, cyberwarfare, and heightened .

1. THE RUSSO – UKRAINIAN
WAR
Past ,present and future…..

2. Russia and Ukraine

3. Russia and Ukraine : the shared history

4. Relationship of the nations before war
 Russia has deep cultural, economic, and political bonds with Ukraine,
and in many ways Ukraine is central to Russia’s identity and vision for
itself in the world. Due to which the Russian politicians were always
against Ukraine as an independent state.
Russia was for a long time Ukraine’s largest trading partner although
this link withered dramatically in recent years.
Until the end of 2022 of the , Russia have been using the Ukrainian
pipelines across Kyiv to pump the gas to central and eastern Europe .
For which Russia had to pay a ton of dollars to Ukraine

5. Causes of the war
The tension has started way back in 2014 with Russia invasion of
Crimea .
Then , the Ukrainian revolution of dignity started .
In the beginning of 2021 Russian president Vladimir Putin criticized
the enlargement of NATO and demanded that Ukraine be barred from
ever joining the military alliance.

6. Social impact of the war
The war has led to 42,295 deaths and still counting and 54,132 non
fatal injured people and has displaced approximately 1.4Cr people .
It destroyed at least 1,40,000 buildings which value approx. $35Cr .
According to UNICEF the war has lead to additional child poverty of
2.8 million children all over the Europe half of them being from
Ukraine .

7. Emotional impact of the war
It also has caused a humanitarian crisis . Several studies have shown
an increased level of psychological problems, such as Post-traumatic
stress disorders (PTSD), depression and anxiety disorders.
The war destruction videos and pictures from Ukraine has negatively
impacted the mental health of the netizens around the world especially
the minors.

8. Economic impact of the war
Russia and Ukraine make up 25-30% of global exports of wheat . The
higher price of wheat alone, up by more than 50% as of 7 March.
The most exposed country to trade frictions arising from the conflict
could be Lithuania, whose exports to Russia make up 6 percent of its
GDP.
If 10% rise in the price of oil together with a 50% rise in the price of
gas could see around a 0.5% reduction in the GDP of some of the
larger European economies.
If 10% rise in oil prices that is entirely supply-driven would decrease
world GDP by between 0.1% and 0.2%.

9. Positive impacts of war for India:
1.Wheat exports:
Russia and Ukraine account for 30% of
the global wheat trade.
India has posted its highest ever wheat
exports of 111 million ton.
Exports have already hit a record high of
more than 7 million ton in 2021-22.

10. 2. Oil prices:
Russia has offered India to supply @$62
per barrel which is half of the price given
to the European countries which
mitigates the inflation.
It would give India a rare advantage in a
world whose recovery hinges on keeping
oil prices in check.

11. 3.Jet fuel prices:
Being in war Russia and Ukraine closed
their airspace borders which resulted in
increase in jet fuel prices
Russia closed its airspace to 36
countries as a retaliatory measure for
Europe’s ban on Russian carriers. But
India, which remains in Russia’s good
books, was spared a block which gives
india a rare competitive edge to Indian
wings.

12. 4.IT sector:
As many as 55,000-65,000 jobs in the IT and IT-
enabled sectors are expected to shift to India
because of the war. This is mainly because
countries such as Poland, Belarus, Croatia,
Romania and Bulgaria depend on Ukraine for
much their tech workforce.
This added a sixth of the fresh hirings count in
the tech sector in 2021-22. And is expected to
continue in 2022-23.
The jobs are likely to include low and mid-
range R&D and engineering work, back-office
functions, data processing, customer support
and solution maintenance services.