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Discussions:

RM, Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) → Russo-Ukrainian War, Moved, 16 June 2020, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → Russo-Ukrainian Conflict, Withdrawn, 14 July 2020, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–2022), Not moved (SNOW), 3 March 2022, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → Russo-Ukrainian conflict, Procedural close, 4 March 2022, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → Russia-Ukraine War, Not moved (SNOW), 8 March 2022, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → Russian-Ukrainian War, Procedural close, 18 June 2022, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Not moved (SNOW), 20 January 2023, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → War in Ukraine, Not moved (SNOW), 22 February 2023, Discussion
RM, Russo-Ukrainian War → Russo–Ukrainian War, Procedural close, 27 September 2023, Discussion

Older discussions:

RM, Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) → Russian military intervention in Ukraine, No consensus, 1 May 2018, Discussion
RM, Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) → Russo-Ukrainian war, Not moved. , 25 May 2016, Discussion
RM, 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine → 2014 Russian military interventions in Ukraine, Not moved, 18 September 2014, Discussion
RM, → Russo-Ukrainian War, Not moved, 14 September 2014, Discussion
RM, 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine → 2014 Russian military intervention in the Crimean Peninsula, No consensus, 14 April 2014, Discussion
RM, 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine → 2014 Russian military intervention in Crimea, No consensus, 20 March 2014, Discussion

This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Stephen Harrison (1 March 2022). "How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia". Slate. Retrieved 1 March 2022. Besides the Wikipedia article for the invasion itself, there is an entry on the larger Russo-Ukrainian War dating to 2014 and separate pages for its individual battles like the "Battle of Kharkiv" and the "Attack on Snake Island."
Lucas Ropek (18 October 2022). "Researchers Say 'Suspicious' Edits on Wikipedia Reek of Pro-Russian Propaganda". Gizmodo. Retrieved 20 October 2022. The new report analyzes the activities of 86 editors who had previously been banned due to various breaches of Wikipedia's code of ethics (editors can get kicked off Wikipedia if they behave badly). Among the many pages to which they'd contributed, the editors had a history of making edits to the Wiki entry for the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Section sizes

Section size for Russo-Ukrainian War (50 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	12,845	12,845
Background	53	36,576
Independent Ukraine and the Orange Revolution	15,142	15,142
Euromaidan, Revolution of Dignity, and pro-Russian unrest	6,453	6,453
Russian military bases in Crimea	4,189	4,189
Legality and declaration of war	10,739	10,739
History	14	152,597
Russian annexation of Crimea (2014)	14,123	14,123
War in the Donbas (2014–2015)	377	52,073
Pro-Russia unrest	9,080	9,080
Armed conflict	11,358	11,358
August 2014 Russian invasion	19,546	19,546
Mariupol offensive and first Minsk ceasefire	4,389	4,389
End of 2014 and Minsk II agreement	7,323	7,323
Line of conflict stabilizes (2015–2022)	16,777	24,672
2018 Kerch Strait incident	2,834	2,834
2019–2020	5,061	5,061
Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)	92	48,505
Prelude	14,718	14,718
Escalation	17,298	17,298
Full-scale invasion	16,397	16,397
Ukrainian counteroffensives and stalemate (2022–2023)	5,887	5,887
Russian campaigns and Ukrainian Kursk offensive (1 December 2023 – present)	7,323	7,323
War crimes and human rights violations	16,609	16,609
Related issues	22	68,791
Spillover	4,213	4,213
Gas disputes and Nord Stream sabotage	16,014	16,014
Hybrid warfare	3,871	3,871
Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns	29,641	29,641
Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine	5,570	5,570
Russia–NATO relations	9,460	9,460
Reactions	176	44,777
Reactions to the Russian annexation of Crimea	142	12,416
Ukrainian response	3,162	3,162
NATO and United States military response	4,411	4,411
Financial markets	4,701	4,701
Reactions to the war in Donbas	97	8,681
Ukrainian public opinion	6,600	6,600
Russian public opinion	1,984	1,984
Reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine	108	23,504
Ukrainian public opinion	3,930	3,930
Russian public opinion	5,781	5,781
United States	4,785	4,785
Russian military suppliers	4,740	4,740
United Nations	4,160	4,160
See also	465	465
Notes	4,755	4,755
References	30	30
Further reading	600	600
External links	1,965	1,965
Total	340,010	340,010

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