November 9, 1989: the fall of the Berlin Wall is a pivotal event in world history which marked the destruction of the Iron Curtain. Within two years, the USSR would collapse and 15 republics, including Ukraine, would gain independence from the disintegrating Soviet [Russian] empire.
December 1994: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Russian Federation guaranteed Ukrainian sovereignty in perpetuity with the Budapest Memorandum in exchange for Ukraine relinquishing its inherited nuclear arms from the dissolved USSR.
April 24, 2005: in his annual state of the nation address on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the collapse of the Soviet empire "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century."
February 22, 2014: the [Ukraine] Rada voted 328-0 to remove Yanukovych, [Putin puppet leader of Ukraine], from his post and schedule an early presidential election for 25 May [capping the Maidan revolution].
February 27, 2014: unmarked Russian forces with nationalist paramilitaries took over the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, seizing the building of the Supreme Council of Crimea and the building of the Council of Ministers in Simferopol. Russian flags were raised over these buildings. Whilst the "little green men" were occupying the Crimean parliament building, the parliament held an emergency session. It voted to terminate the Crimean government.
March 1, 2014: attempts to seize the Donetsk regional state administration (RSA) building began after Russian-led protests erupted in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, in the wake of the Maidan Revolution.
August, 2014: Russia and Ukraine sign first Minsk Protocol, generating a frozen (but hot) conflict in Donbas and Luhansk oblasts in Ukraine.
February 5, 2020: President Donald Trump acquitted of impeachment surrounding an attempt to coerce Ukraine ("arms for acquisitions") to provide damaging narratives regarding Democratic presidential candidate.
January 6, 2021: United States Capitol attacked by supporters of President Donald Trump attempting to prevent peaceful transfer of power for the first time in the history of the republic.
On July 7, 2021, Putin published an essay titled "On the historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians." In one particularly ominous passage, Putin openly questioned the legitimacy of Ukraine's borders and argued that much of modern-day Ukraine occupies historically Russian lands, before stating, "Russia was robbed."
On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden said "Russia will invade Ukraine" and warned President Vladimir Putin that his country would pay a "dear price" in lives lost.
36 days later, Russia invaded Ukraine...again
Scenarios
- The game includes multiple two-player scenarios, including several shorter scenarios plus a campaign game.
- A bot for Russia allows solitaire play of the Ukrainian side in each scenario.
Scale
- Operational/Strategic
- Time: 3-4 days
- Formations: Brigade/Armies
- Units: Battalions and companies
Components:
- Two 22" x 34" paper maps
- Series Rules Booklet
- Playbook & Scenarios
- One 5/8" Countersheet
- One 9/16" Countersheet
- One 3/4" Countersheet
- Two 1/2" Countersheets
- 45 Cards
- Twelve playaids
- Two 10-sided dice
Hersteller und/oder Verantwortliche Person innerhalb der EU:
Hersteller:
GMT Games LLC
PO Box 1308
93230 Hanford
Vereinigte Staaten
eMail: gmtoffice@gmtgames.com
Web: https://www.gmtgames.com
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:
BNW Distribution GmbH
Winkelsweg 169
40764 Langenfeld
Deutschland
eMail: sales@bnw-distribution.com
