UKR War 2014-2021 Archive
02 Mar 2014
HistoricalMullet: Tracking Ukrainian Crisis in Live Time with Wikipedia
TLDRUpFront: Media literacy in tracking the Russian-Ukranian War in live time.
02 Mar 2014
HistoricalSatire: Obama-Putin Phone Call Transcripts Reveals PvE vs. PvP Tensions
Historical Satire: Transcripts have been released from the phone call between President Obama and President Putin over the Ukraine crisis. The transcripts reveal a classical tension in geopolitical relations known as "PvE vs. PvP."
01 Mar 2014
Historical Mullet: Ukraine and Russia go to War
TLDRUpFront: As thousands of Russian troops move into Crimea Ukrainian Prime Minister Klitschko declares it an act of war.
28 Feb 2014
Historical Mullet: Armed groups Russian into Crimean chaos Putin things back in order.
TLDRUpFront: Russia continues military deployments into Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Ostensibly to secure Russian assets this is beginning to look like an intervention.
27 Feb 2014
Historical Mullet: Unknown Militants in Crimea Seize Parliament
TLDRUpFront: Well-armed men from an 'unknown' faction have seized the parliament building in Crimea. They have since raised the Russian flag over the building.
24 Feb 2014
Historical Mullet: From Arab Spring to Maidan Revolution to…Caracas Venezuela?
TLDRUpFront: Tactics pioneered in the Arab Spring transplanted to Kiev are now showing up in Caracas. And the 'civil revolution' in Ukraine is starting to struggle as moderates and militants split and concerns of fascism within the revolutionary movement grow and may risk Russian intervention.
22 Feb 2014
HistoricalMullet: Maidan Revolution topples Yanukovych Regime
TLDRUpFront: After bloody street battles attempts to suppress the Maidan Revolution with the military have failed - leading to the collapse of the regime, freeing of political prisoners, and growing instability across the country.
20 Feb 2014
Historical Mullet: Yanukovych loses control of Kiev in Maidan Revolution.
TLDRUpFront: President Yanukovych loses control of Kiev to Euromaidan protesters as instability spreads throughout the country. Unless the military intervenes there is a real risk of regime collapse. This raises the quesiont of potential mass violence: ethnic cleansing or even civil war in Ukraine.
27 Jan 2014
HistoricalMullet: EuroMaidan Protests tip towards Uprisings in Ukraine
TLDRUpFront: The spread of mass protests across the country and the seizure of the Justice Ministry in Kiev are just two of several key indicators of escalation towards a full-scale uprising in Ukraine. The next threshold to watch for is the arrival of the military, and what side they choose.
25 Jan 2014
Historical Mullet: Arab Spring Reaches Ukraine
TLDRUpFront: The Arab Spring reaches Kiev in Ukraine. A three-day escalation of violence marks the radicalization of the protest movement holding Kiev and demanding governmental reform.