Is Nikita Khrushchev Ukrainian?

Khrushchev was born on 15 April 1894, in Kalinovka, a village in what is now Russia’s Kursk Oblast, near the present Ukrainian border. His parents, Sergei Khrushchev and Kseniya Khrushcheva, were poor peasants of Russian origin, and had a daughter two years Nikita’s junior, Irina.

What is behind the conflict between Romania and Ukraine?

Romania and Ukraine had been negotiating a broad treaty of friendship and cooperation for several years, but disagreement over ownership of the Snake Island and more importantly the oil and gas reserves that are thought to lie beneath its area of the Black Sea, as well as the northern border of Romania with Ukraine, had kept the sides apart.

What happened in the Ukraine crisis?

Protesters begin storming regional government offices in western Ukraine. 17 December: Vladimir Putin throws President Yanukovych an economic lifeline, agreeing to buy $15bn of Ukrainian debt and reduce the price of Russian gas supplies by about a third. Early December: Protesters occupy Kiev city hall and Independence Square in dramatic style.

What is happening in the Crimea Crisis?

17 March: The EU and US impose travel bans and asset freezes on several officials from Russia and Ukraine over the Crimea referendum. 16 March: Crimea’s secession referendum on joining Russia is backed by 97% of voters, organisers say, but vote condemned by West as a sham.

Is Russia preparing for an imminent invasion of Ukraine?

The Russian military has been amassing troops near the country’s border with Ukraine, sparking a diplomatic crisis and heightening US and European fears that Moscow may be preparing for an imminent invasion of its neighbour.