Why Ukrainians Are Particularly Worried About What Russia Will Do This Wednesday
Although it was actually on July 16, 1990, that the Ukraine government announced state sovereignty, August 24 1991 is when Ukraine’s parliament officially vowed to separate itself from the Soviet Union.
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