Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write six dates from Ukraine’s history in 1991–2015 with comments.
1991 independence; 1994 Budapest Memorandum; 1996 constitution and hryvnia; 2004 Orange Revolution; 2014 Crimea and Donbas; 2015 Minsk II.
2
Make a table for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova: “independence date, first president, main problem”.
Ukraine – 24.08.1991, L. Kravchuk; Belarus – 25.08.1991 (independence status), first president A. Lukashenko (1994); Moldova – 27.08.1991, M. Snegur. Problems: Ukraine – the conflict with Russia; Belarus – political opposition and outside pressure; Moldova – Transnistria and poverty.
3
Write the positions of the sides on the Donbas conflict of 2014–2022 in two columns.
Ukraine and the West: Russia supports the separatists. Russia: it is an internal Ukrainian conflict, and it denied military involvement; on 21 February 2022 it recognized the “Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics”.
4
What did the UN General Assembly do after February 2022? Write one or two sentences.
On 2 March 2022, in a resolution adopted by 141 votes, it deplored in the strongest terms Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and demanded the immediate withdrawal of its troops; Russia voted against.
5
What do you know about Belarus’s Union State with Russia? Write four sentences.
The treaties foresee close economic, legal and customs cooperation; the states keep their sovereignty; Belarus’s trade with Russia is large.