In the year since Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution, Russia has done much to undermine Ukraine's sovereignty. It annexed Crimea and began a war along Russia's border with Ukraine. In his remarks from a March 2, 2015 conference entitled "Ukraine, Russia and the EU: Europe, a Year after Crimea Annexation" held in Berlin, historian Timothy Snyder examines the tactics used in Russia's recent aggressive actions in Ukraine against the backdrop of European history, and, specifically the history and memory of World War II.
Russia's War Against Ukraine