NewsTracker Answers for week of Jan. 31, 2022

Q: Ukraine needs weapons and aid, but the nation’s president asked western leaders last week to tone down dire warnings of an imminent war with Russia. He said the war talk is hurting Ukraine’s economy. Where is the large Eastern European country of Ukraine?

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Q: Russia has massed about 130,000 troops with heavy armor near its border with Ukraine which is ...

A. Northwest of Russia

B. Northeast of Russia

C. Southeast of Russia

D. Southwest of Russia

D. Ukraine shares a land border with Russia of a little more than 1,200 miles. Russia is east and north of Ukraine.

Q: Russia annexed Ukraine’s southern peninsula in 2014. What is the name of that peninsula?

A. Anatolian

B. Balkan

C. Crimean

D. Djursland

C. There also have been reports of a Russian troop buildup in Crimea. The seizure of Crimea triggered economic sanctions against Russia, and most nations have not accepted the annexation.

Q: Besides troops in Crimea, Russia also has sent troops into what nation on Ukraine’s northwestern border?

A. Armenia

B. Belarus

C. Kazkhstan

D. Kyrgyzstan

B. Russia has begun moving troops, armor and advanced antiaircraft systems into Belarus, a close military ally. Russia says the buildup is only for military exercises scheduled for Feb. 10.

Q: Russia says it doesn’t plan to invade Ukraine, but in talks with the United States it demanded that Ukraine not be allowed to join the NATO military alliance with the U.S., Canada and 28 European nations. How many NATO allies border Ukraine?

A. Four

B. Three

C. Two

D. One

A. Poland, Slovakia and Hungary on Ukraine’s western border and Romania on its southern border have joined NATO since the collapse of the Russian dominated Soviet Union in 1991. Russia says the growth of NATO into Eastern Europe threatens its security.