Historical background
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which followed Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea Common knowledge citation[*]. Russian leaders have repeatedly demanded that Ukraine renounce NATO membership and accept changes to control of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — demands that form the backdrop for any negotiated settlement cited in reporting Citation 9 from dawn.com[9]Citation 10 from meduza.io[10].