In which John explores historical and political context to understand what caused the Russian government's invasion of Ukraine, and how we arrived at this horrific now. There will be plenty of misinformation in comments, so why not read directly from these SOURCES: Putin's claims that Ukraine never had “real statehood“ have been stated in both essays and speeches. Here's some coverage of one such speech: And a fact-check of the same speech: If you want to read Vladimir Putin's essay where he expounds his theory that Ukraine “was created entirely by Russia,“ you can read Putin's meandering, surreal, ahistorical essay about it here: (This is an insecure site owned by the Kremlin so bear that in mind) This article goes into far more detail about P
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