Why Russia never accepted Ukraine's independence | Ukraine This Week

Why has Russia never accepted Ukraine’s independence? In this episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines 35 years of Ukrainian independence and the centuries of Russian attempts to control, suppress, and ultimately deny Ukraine’s sovereignty.

From the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukraine’s 1991 independence referendum to the Orange Revolution, EuroMaidan Revolution, and Russia’s full-scale invasion, the episode explores how Ukrainian resistance has rejected Moscow’s vision of a shared Russian-Ukrainian identity.

Featuring historian Serhii Plokhy and Oleksandr Donii, a participant of Ukraine’s 1991 independence movement, Anna examines why Russia continues to reject Ukraine’s right to exist as a sovereign state — and why Ukrainians continue to fight for it.

00:00 Intro

00:56 Ukraine declares independence

04:03 A witness to 1991

07:35 Russia challenges Ukraine's sovereignty

09:34 Support independent journalism in Ukraine

09:48 Centuries of Russian oppression

13:59 Ukraine in Russian imperial mythology

17:58 1991 to now

22:05 Member Q&A

23:39 Outro

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