Ukraine
Introduction
Ukraine is a Iconic country for the world, Much like how the 2nd Invasion of Poland by the 4th Reich in the full outbreak of World War 3. The Ukrainian Invasion marked the first major geopolitical breakdown of the 2020's Era and would go on to inform the general trajectory of the world Around it. Ukraine is a old nation and was first found in Kievan Rus in 879 CE. It later ended up in the Soviet Union and then properly left the Soviet Union during it's collapse, declaring it's independence and passing a successful Referendum Vote. To many Ukraine was that country's that got invaded in 2014 and never really was a big focus unless it for for a Political Hitjob about corruption thanks to the country's struggling corrupt economy. In 2022 Russia Invaded Ukraine and unlike in our timeline the response was tepid and lesser, with the sanctions failing to reach the maximum extent and Russian Oil still being protected. Ukraine was left to die and eventually did in 2023 after incurring massive Russian casualties.The Ukrainian Dilemma
The Ukraine - Russian Conflict is a very clear cut issue and a rare occurrence of Good vs Evil but while that is simple, the causes behind the Dilemma are complex and are the result of Imperialism, Reckless Geopolitics and hundreds of years of history. The Causes will be reductively explained as a few central key issues that allowed Russians to not only perceive Ukraine as 'Little Russians' but that they need to 'liberate' them from Nazi's.The Nazi Problem
Ukraine and Russia have a sorted history with Nazi's and worked together to push Nazi Germany out of the Soviet Union after suffering immeasurable atrocities at the hand of the deranged and evil regime. Fast Forwarding to the Pre War era and there was a large rise of Fascism and Extremism across multiple countries. One of the Biggest publicized clues of this was the Azov Battalion which was a singular Unit with Diminished Popularity and that was part of a decaying Extremist wing in Ukrainian politics. However Russia with it's own extreme ideology that has a lot of links with Nazi beliefs as showcased by the Russian Manifesto leak in 2022 from RT New, A Russian State News Company. Vladimir Putin was the head of a decaying and aging kleptocracy and wished to affirm Russian Dominance and had wild Imperialistic dreams. Russia also had a much more serious Nazi problem and indeed many forces invading Ukraine had links to Far Right Groups. In reality the Azov Battalion was nothing more then a excuse for the Invasion.Soviet Nationalism
Russia went from one of the World's Great Powers into nothing more then a Regional Power, this idea of a Great Soviet Union is a National One and indeed Russia wanted to return it's lost land to it's self, even though Ukraine has clearly developed to desire independence and self determination likely in response to the growing Shadow over Russia.Negligent Ukrainian Strategy
The West didn't help, with NATO inevitably creeping towards Russia as it got aggressive, the actions foreign governments were taking didn't help defuse the situation nor was there sufficient efforts to tame Aggression, making it easy for the Dictatorship in Russia to seize more power and characterize peaceful expansion as Military maneuvering. Worse yet, very few people cared about Ukraine until after the Invasion.Conflict Avoidance
Once conflict started, Unlike in our world where we came down on Russia and did practically anything a country could do to stop the conflict. In the World of Neonphage many of the World Governments elected to allow the War to continue unhindered and instead focused all supplies and preparation for a future European war. Unfortunately that war ended up supporting Great Russia with Europe falling to an Old Darkness. Ukraine fell because the world did not support it.Government
Ukraine was a Semi Presidential Unitary Republic, in the process of becoming a fully developed Democracy, stopped short by invasion. It has a President and a Prime Minister which is pretty common in multiple Republics. Such a thing existed in South Korea for instance. "The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term and is the formal head of state. Ukraine's legislative branch includes the 450-seat unicameral parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.The parliament is primarily responsible for the formation of the executive branch and the Cabinet of Ministers, headed by the prime minister. The president retains the authority to nominate the ministers of foreign affairs and of defence for parliamentary approval, as well as the power to appoint the prosecutor general and the head of the Security Service. Laws, acts of the parliament and the cabinet, presidential decrees, and acts of the Crimean parliament may be abrogated by the Constitutional Court, should they be found to violate the constitution. Other normative acts are subject to judicial review. The Supreme Court is the main body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction. Local self-government is officially guaranteed. Local councils and city mayors are popularly elected and exercise control over local budgets. The heads of regional and district administrations are appointed by the president in accordance with the proposals of the prime minister" -Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#President,_parliament_and_governmentCourt and Law Enforcement
"Martial law was declared immediately upon the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,and is currently ongoing. The courts enjoy legal, financial and constitutional freedom guaranteed by Ukrainian law since 2002. Judges are largely well protected from dismissal (except in the instance of gross misconduct). Court justices are appointed by presidential decree for an initial period of five years, after which Ukraine's Supreme Council confirms their positions for life. Although there are still problems, the system is considered to have been much improved since Ukraine's independence in 1991. The Supreme Court is regarded as an independent and impartial body, and has on several occasions ruled against the Ukrainian government. The World Justice Project ranks Ukraine 66 out of 99 countries surveyed in its annual Rule of Law Index. Prosecutors in Ukraine have greater powers than in most European countries, and according to the European Commission for Democracy through Law 'the role and functions of the Prosecutor's Office is not in accordance with Council of Europe standards". The criminal judicial system maintains an average conviction rate of over 99%,[256] equal to the conviction rate of the Soviet Union, with suspects often being incarcerated for long periods before trial. The Cabinet of Ministers building On 24 March 2010, President Yanukovych formed an expert group to make recommendations on how to "clean up the current mess and adopt a law on court organization". One day later, he stated "We can no longer disgrace our country with such a court system." The criminal judicial system and the prison system of Ukraine remain quite punitive. Since 1 January 2010 it has been permissible to hold court proceedings in Russian by mutual consent of the parties. Citizens unable to speak Ukrainian or Russian may use their native language or the services of a translator. Previously all court proceedings had to be held in Ukrainian. Law enforcement agencies in Ukraine are organized under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They consist primarily of the national police force and various specialized units and agencies such as the State Border Guard and the Coast Guard services. Law enforcement agencies, particularly the police, faced criticism for their heavy handling of the 2004 Orange Revolution. Many thousands of police officers were stationed throughout the capital, primarily to dissuade protesters from challenging the state's authority but also to provide a quick reaction force in case of need; most officers were armed." - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#President,_parliament_and_governmentForeign Relations
"From 1999 to 2001, Ukraine served as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Historically, Soviet Ukraine joined the United Nations in 1945 as one of the original members following a Western compromise with the Soviet Union. Ukraine has consistently supported peaceful, negotiated settlements to disputes. It has participated in the quadripartite talks on the conflict in Moldova and promoted a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the post-Soviet state of Georgia. Ukraine also has made contributions to UN peacekeeping operations since 1992. Ukraine considers Euro-Atlantic integration its primary foreign policy objective, but in practice it has always balanced its relationship with the European Union and the United States with strong ties to Russia. The European Union's Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Ukraine went into force in 1998. The European Union (EU) has encouraged Ukraine to implement the PCA fully before discussions begin on an association agreement, issued at the EU Summit in December 1999 in Helsinki, recognizes Ukraine's long-term aspirations but does not discuss association. In 1992, Ukraine joined the then-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (now the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)), and also became a member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. Ukraine–NATO relations are close and the country has declared interest in eventual membership.[265] Ukraine is the most active member of the Partnership for Peace (PfP). All major political parties in Ukraine support full eventual integration into the European Union.[266] The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union was signed in 2014. Ukraine long had close ties with all its neighbours, but Russia–Ukraine relations rapidly deteriorated in 2014 due to the annexation of Crimea, energy dependence and payment disputes. The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which entered into force in January 2016 following the ratification of the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement, formally integrates Ukraine into the European Single Market and the European Economic Area.Ukraine receives further support and assistance for its EU-accession aspirations from the International Visegrád Fund of the Visegrád Group that consists of Central European EU members the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. In 2020, in Lublin, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine created the Lublin Triangle initiative, which aims to create further cooperation between the three historical countries of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and further Ukraine's integration and accession to the EU and NATO. In 2021, the Association Trio was formed by signing a joint memorandum between the Foreign Ministers of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The Association Trio is a tripartite format for enhanced cooperation, coordination, and dialogue between the three countries (that have signed the Association Agreement with the EU) with the European Union on issues of common interest related to European integration, enhancing cooperation within the framework of the Eastern Partnership, and committing to the prospect of joining the European Union. As of 2021, Ukraine was preparing to formally apply for EU membership in 2024, in order to join the European Union in the 2030s, however, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested that the country be admitted to the EU immediately." -WikipediaUkraine Stands!
24th of August, 1991 CE - 6th of June, 2023 CE
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Geopolitical, Republic
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Demonym
Ukrainian
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Democracy, Presidential
Economic System
Market economy
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