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ELI5:What has happened with the whole ukraine and russia thing?
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It has essentially stagnated. Crimea is Russian, and parts of Ukraine are trying to separate and join Russia, which is causing a bit of a civil war in the Eastern parts of the country. So not much has changed since Russia withdrew its troops from the border a few weeks ago.