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=== 2020s ===
{{See also|Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
On April 9, 2021, Ukraine invoked Paragraph 16.1.3 of the Vienna Document to try to get an explanation on suspicious Russia's military activities near [[Russia–Ukraine border|Ukrainian border]] and in [[Crimea]] that was left unanswered by Russian authorities. On April 10, 2022 Ukraine has formally requested a meeting with the council of [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) which Russian authorities also
In November and December 2021, during the [[2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis]], Russian military officers made a Vienna Document 2011 visit to Latvia to inspect Latvian military forces.<ref name="LVMOD_RU_declines_OSCE_inspection" /> In January 2022, a pre-planned 24–29 January arms inspection by Latvian military officers to the [[Bryansk]] and [[Smolensk]] regions of Russia, again under the Vienna Document 2011, was refused by Russian authorities, who stated the reason as [[COVID-19 pandemic]] restrictions. The Latvian Ministry of Defence commented that the pandemic had not prevented the holding of the exercise.<ref name="Euractiv_LV_accuses_RU_pretext" /> The Defence Minister, [[Artis Pabriks]], described the Russian reason for refusal as<ref name="LVMOD_RU_declines_OSCE_inspection" /><blockquote>"a poor excuse" that "raise[d] suspicions that Russia want[ed] to hide something by not disclosing the actual scope and intent of its military movements as required by [the] OSCE cooperation framework".<ref name="LVMOD_RU_declines_OSCE_inspection" /></blockquote>On 10 February 2022, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania invoked the Vienna Document 2011, requesting information from Belarus on "the total number of troops, battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery pieces, mortars and rocket launchers, envisaged sorties per aircraft, and rapid-reaction forces" of the ''[[Union Resolve 2022]]'' military exercise planned for Russian forces during 10–20 February 2022 in Belarus.<ref name="DefenseNews_launch_OSCE_appeal" /> The Russian ambassador to Belarus, [[Boris Gryzlov]], stated in a television interview that the forces involved were below the notification limit, and "therefore there is nothing to worry about".<ref name="Belta_does_not_exceed" /> The Belarusian official response stated that the size of the exercise was under the reporting threshold. Estonian officials described the Belarusian response as "insufficient" and interpreted the response as showing "no interest in transparency and confidence building".<ref name="DefenseNews_UA_joins_Baltic_nations" />
On 11 February 2022, Ukraine invoked Chapter III of the Vienna Document, ''risk reduction'', requesting Russia to provide "detailed explanations on military activities in the areas adjacent to the territory of Ukraine and in the temporarily occupied Crimea."<ref name="InterfaxUA_asks_Russia_to_provide" /> Russia did not respond within the required 48-hour deadline. On 13 February, Ukraine requested an emergency OSCE meeting within 48 hours for Russia to provide a response.<ref name="Ukrinform_UA_requests_OSCE" /> On 14 February, the [[Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)|Ukrainian Defence Minister]] [[Oleksii Reznikov]] and the [[Ministry of Defence (Belarus)|Belarusian Defence Minister]] [[Viktor Khrenin]] agreed on confidence-building and transparency measures for risk reduction. The plan included visits by Reznikov to the Russian–Belarusian ''Allied Resolve 2022'' military exercise and by Khrenin to the Ukrainian ''[[Zametil 2022]]'' military exercise. Reznikov described the agreement as a positive signal.<ref name="MOD_UA_phone_with_MOD_BY" /> On 15 February, the Vienna Document emergency meeting was held for OSCE participant states, as requested by Ukraine. The Russian OSCE representative was absent from the meeting. The US ambassador to the OSCE, [[Michael R. Carpenter]], described the Russian absence as "unfortunat[e] and regrettabl[e]".<ref name="WION_RU_skips_OSCE_meeting" />
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