Question

Ukraine was once apart of the Soviet Union. What happened to the Soviet Union?

Answer 1

The Soviet Union was facing many political, and economical problems by 1980's. Add the loss of the Soviet Afghanistan invasion, all these factors lead to the end of the support of the USSR, which eventually lead to its demise. As for Ukraine, It was once a Soviet republic of the Soviet Union. When it fell, the countries had to declare as independent, or they would still be part of Russia.

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Answer 2

Ukraine officially declared itself an independent country on 24 August 1991, when the communist Supreme Soviet (parliament) of Ukraine proclaimed that Ukraine would no longer follow the laws of USSR and only the laws of the Ukrainian SSR, de facto declaring Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union.

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