Northern Eurasia, 22 Mar 2022: Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Nov 2018Russia seizes Ukrainian
ships in Kerch Strait

Dec 2018Trump announces
US withdrawal from Syria

May 2019–pres.Iran–US confrontation
in Persian Gulf

Oct 2019Turkey invades
northeastern Syria

Jan 2020–pres.COVID-19 pandemic
sweeps Northern Eurasia

Sep–Nov 2020Azerbaijan expels Armenia
from much of Nagorno-Karabakh

May–Aug 2021Taliban seizes control
of Afghanistan
as US withdraws