The dissolution of the USSR was just the beginning of the conflict. Here's why Russia has been vying for control over Ukraine ever since.
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Vladimir Putin claims the objective of the attack is to defend the Russian-speakers in Ukraine, especially those in the two self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, which left Ukrainian control in 2014. But Ukraine has denied Moscow’s claims that it is forcibly trying to take them back.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries and two North American countries. Ukraine has previously shown interest in joining.
Putin said he views the prospect of Ukraine joining the Western military alliance a "hostile act." In December, Putin gave the U.S. and NATO a list of security demands, one of them was a guarantee that Ukraine will never enter NATO and that the alliance rolls back its military footprint in Eastern and Central Europe. These proposals were quickly rejected by the U.S. and allies.
In addition, Putin rejected Ukraine's right to exist outside of Russia, stating the countries' shared history and culture. In a speech, Putin recognized the "independence and sovereignty" of two eastern Ukraine provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk.
“We have every reason to say it’s Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin that created Ukraine,” Putin said in his essay, adding that “modern Ukraine was completely created by Russia.”
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How do you see tha war? Will be stopped or not?
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We want Ukrainians to be safe in their own country and in the USA
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This hot take doesn’t go back very far, and completely skips the Sovietization and Russification of Ukraine, a tactic to swing demographics into Russia’s favor. It wasn’t that long ago that Ukraine didn’t have near as many Russian speaking/Russia leaning peoples.
It also skipped the geopolitical reasons Russia wanted Crimea. Access to the Baltic to extend and reinforce Russia’s reach, power, economic advantages, military capabilities.
Thank you for saying what I wanted to say but much better
Another missed topic is agriculture. All this is eerily similar to Hitler and the Sudetenland.
Oh I thought this one might be different they were going to tell the whole story.
I bet most people still have no idea that eastern Ukraine now look similar to any other wrecked city in Syria.
Once SSSR, collapsed, what was the reason of NATO existing?
To maintain stability in Europe so that it may continue being peaceful
“Call on the Lord in the day of trouble,
and he will deliver you”
-Psalm 50: 15
Are you waiting for an asteroid?
All these countries talked about how they want an end to the war! And then turn around and ship military weapons into the fight that will only prolong the war!
Remember God loves you😊♥️
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
If you trust in Jesus Christ and repent, you will be saved🙏🙏.
He is coming back soon
How about the finding of oil and gas in Ukraine?
How about we tell people the whole story and not just bits and pieces… the media doing a great job again confusing people