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SSEESing Russia’s Overlooked Invasion: Lessons from the 2014 War in Ukraine

A SSEESing event on Jakob Hauter’s recently published book on the outbreak of war in Ukraine’s Donbas in 2014. Ukraine is now entering its tenth winter of war. As the debate about western military aid and possible ways to put an end to Russia’s aggression continues, it is often forgotten that this aggression did not start on 24 February 2022 but eight years earlier. Understanding the events of 2014 is crucial for policymakers seeking to make the right decisions in response to the full-scale invasion of 2022-2023. This event discussed Jakob Hauter’s recently published book on the outbreak of war in Ukraine’s Donbas in 2014. The book argues that, contrary to popular belief, the Donbas conflict was never a Ukrainian civil war but a Russian invasion from its very beginning. Failure to acknowledge Russia’s key role in the critical junctures of conflict escalation in 2014 meant that many western decisionmakers underestimated the destructive and aggressive nature of Russia’s Ukraine policy. As a result, the attempt to freeze the 2014 conflict turned into a catastrophic failure. Learning from this failure and drawing the right conclusions from the events of 2014 is crucial to putting an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Panel: Dr Jakob Hauter Dr Jade McGlynn Jaroslava Barbieri Prof Andrew Wilson (Chair) This event was recorded on 15 November 2023.