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| 1993, June 7 |
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| A strike began in the coal mines in the city of Donetsk and spread throughout the Donbass region and across industrialized eastern Ukraine, prompting a political crisis and raising fears of economic collapse and ethnic conflict between western Ukraine and the Russian-speaking eastern half of the republic. | 1 |
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| 1994, Jan. 14 |
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| Ukraine president Leonid Kravchuk signed a disarmament agreement with Clinton and Yeltsin; the U.S. and Russia pledged security to Ukraine in the event of an attack. | 2 |
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| Feb |
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| The autonomous republic of Crimea elected Yuri A. Meshkov president. This move was supported by ethnic Russians but opposed by Ukraine. Tension was alleviated on June 3, when negotiators signed a pact reaffirming that Crimea is part of Ukraine. | 3 |
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| July 10 |
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| Ukraine elected Leonid D. Kuchma as president. | 4 |
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