Do we have anything to fear? Sirens, bombs, tanks and guns… but to many, it still seems far away and hardly relevant. Experts, however, predict major changes to all our lives.
Why war in Ukraine matters to YOU
Glossary
Nato - The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was founded in 1949 to unite Western democracies in Europe and North America against the perceived growing threat of the USSR. It now has 31 members.
Nord Stream 2 - A pipeline able to carry 55 billion cubic metres of gas per year from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea.
USSR - The United Socialist Soviet Republic, the USA’s main rival in the Cold War before it collapsed and broke up into a number of smaller states in 1991.
Iron Curtain - A political, military and ideological barrier dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War Two until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Kaliningrad - A Russian exclave detached from the rest of Russia on the Baltic Sea.