Relations between Russia and Ukraine can perhaps be best described as somewhere between a war and a cold war. Before 2014, the Ukrainian government wanted a strategic partnership with Russia. Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 changed all that. Now, with Ukraine’s presidential elections approaching on March 31, ties with Russia are a key concern.
2019 Presidential Election
Time: Can Ukraine’s next president end the frozen war with Russia?
Ukrainian soldiers stand in a dugout on the front line, near Avdiyivka, in Donetsk region on March 29, 2019, as a war with Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country drags on.
