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 Ukrainian Separatists in an APC Tank |
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 Soviet Union
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 Guennadi Ziuganov
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The Ukrainian Civil War, also called the Ukrainian Revolution or Second Ukrainian War of Independence, was a separatist uprising in the Ukraine SSR region in August 2018 that lasted until October of the same year. This conflict involved some countries of the CCS military alliance, some countries in the Middle East, such as Persia and the only European country, Poland. However, the Soviet Union and its allies overcame the separatists and created a new Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, the Novorossiya ASSR.
This is not the first time that Ukraine has sought its independence from the Soviet Union. The first time that Ukraine and the USSR met was in 1917, in the so-called Ukrainian War of Independence, or First Ukrainian War of Independence, which consisted of implanting the People's Republic of Ukraine, which was absorbed by the USSR and transformed into Ukraine SSR in 1922.
And in 2018, exactly 96 years later, another conflict began with the same purpose, to implant a Ukrainian Republic to end the communist regime and, obviously, to separate from the USSR. However, they failed again, even with allies by their side.
Background[]
As in 1917, Ukrainian separatists wanted to form their own nation for various reasons. One of them, of course, is their ethnic differences and because of the war itself that was going on at the time. Many ethnic Ukrainian soldiers and officers defected during the war, and in the south, Ukrainian anarchists disarmed several Ukrainian soldiers and officers. And in the east, there were frequent attacks by Bolshevik unions in the Donets industrial basin. However, the 2018 situation is different. Yes, they still want to separate because of ethnic differences, but also, by something much larger and more sensitive, the end of the communist regime in Ukraine, which for the Soviets, is considered an act of betrayal of the nation and the Communist party.
Pre-war Events[]
Separatist Protests in Ukraine SSR[]
In early to mid 2018, several protests against the communist government in Ukraine reappeared, but this time with more hatred and more thirst for separatism. In 1991, the Soviet Union went through an economic crisis that lasted until the 2000s. The crisis had more impact on the Soviet socialist republics of Russia, Belarus, Moldovia, the Baltics and mostly Ukraine, where the country's largest industries are located, second only to Russia SSR. After the crisis, the Soviet Union went through an intense wave of protests against the Soviet government, a phenomenon that was called the "Russian Reverse Winter" by the West, Ukraine was the Soviet socialist republic that faced the most waves of protests.
After this chapter, in 2005, Ukraine returned to economic growth, when the comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was elected the secretary of the Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. Zelensky was re-elected again, with a term that was expected until 2020, however, he was in favor of more liberal reforms for the Ukrainian economy and was against the communist government, which infuriated the Governor Petro Symonenko and the other secretaries, causing his resignation.
Zelensky, the Leader of the Opposition[]
After his resignation as secretary, Zelensky joined the opposition of the communist party and began financing militias and factions against the government, in addition to supporting protesters across the region. In his days as secretary, Zelensky barred investment in the Novorossiya region, which was undergoing the process of becoming a Soviet Socialist Republic. This caused a lot of controversy, ruining the image of the former secretary with the communist party and improving with the anti-communist movements.
Outbreak of the civil war[]
Tipping point[]
Zelensky supported a terrorist attack that took place in the city of Kiev on 1 August as a revenge of soviet military's brutal crackdown on protestors on 28 July, leaving 10 deaths and 6 injured. Among the 10 killed, was one of the most important generals of the Red Army, General Ruslan Khomchak, responsible for several Soviet victories, such as the Libyan Civil War. With confirmation of Ruslan's death, the KGB began an investigation into the attack and they highly suspected that the event is planned by Zelensky. Leaked message from KGB on 3 August show that they are going to arrest him in the morning of 5 August, so Zelensky decided to strike first and start a armed revolution using his militia at 3am of 5 August, on the day before, 4 August, his militias slept for 14 hours to ensure they can be full alert at mid-night.
On the midnight of August 5th the operation began and was deemed a successful outcome, and on August 7th most of the western Ukrainian military defected. Then on August 10th an election was held immediately after August 9th when there were peace talks with the USSR. On August 17th an explosion happened, and as a response the USSR sent ultimatum, which expired to days later. And on August 19th the USSR declared war and invaded. Though the invasion met heavy resistance from Ukrainian civilians, on October 15th Kiev (or Kyiv) fell to the USSR in a surprise offensive. But the Ukrainian government didn't have enough time to flee, and the Soviet forces captured Zelenskyy, executing him on October 20th.