Conflict in Ukraine

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Across
  1. 2. By April 6, Russia had withdrawn all troops from Ukraine’s _______ region.
  2. 4. What month in 2022 did Russia invade Ukraine
  3. 7. in 2015, four
  4. 8. The United States has also dramatically increased U.S. troop presence in _______, bringing the total to more than one hundred thousand.
  5. 9. In 2017, the United States also deployed two Army tank brigades to _______ to further bolster NATO’s presence in the region.
  6. 10. In early February 2022, satellite imagery showed the largest deployment of Russian troops to its border with ______ since the end of the Cold War.
  7. 12. Since the 2014 annexation of Crimea, Ukraine has also increasingly been the target of thousands of ______
  8. 13. European countries attempted to bring peace through the ______ Accords
Down
  1. 1. Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of ______
  2. 3. Before the invasion, President Putin ordered his troops to Luhansk and Donetsk, claiming the troops served a “___________” function.
  3. 5. In mid-August, the southern shift of the war’s frontline sparked international fears of a nuclear disaster at the ________ nuclear plant
  4. 6. NATO reported the buildup of Russian troops and military equipment near ______
  5. 7. By May, Russian forces took control of ________, a major and highly strategic southeastern port city that had been under siege since late February.
  6. 10. In 2016, NATO announced the deployment of four ________ to Eastern Europe
  7. 11. The current conflict has severely ________ U.S.-Russia relations and increased the risk of a wider European conflict.