Donbass Region And Crimean Peninsula                

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Context:

• The Donbass region, comprising the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, has been at the centre of the conflict since March 2014 when Moscow invaded and annexed the Crimean Peninsula.

Donbass:

• Donbass is a region in south-eastern Ukraine, some of whose territory is occupied by two separatist groups in the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War calling themselves the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic.

Crimean Peninsula:

• Crimea is a peninsula along the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe.
• The peninsula is almost entirely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.
• It is located south of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine, to which it is connected by the Isthmus of Perekop.
• It lies west of Krasnodar Krai in Russia, from which it is separated by the Strait of Kerch.

Important links:

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/ukraine

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/black-sea-14

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/russia-and-ukraine-crisis

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