How Ukraine's Fake Culture War Became a Real Geopolitical Conflict

Part one of a series where I try to figure out why Russia invaded Ukraine. The outline for the series will go something like this Part One: A history of Ukraine before the war, and how its incredibly Byzantine politics accidently sucked in its paranoid neighbor. Part Two: A history of Russia's war on Ukraine from 2014 to the escalation in 2022, and how it ended up sparking a new Cold War. Part Three: A survey of all the popular theories of why Russia invaded Ukraine and why they're wrong, and a history of American foreign policy in Eastern Europe, especially NATO expansion. Part Four: The incredibly stupid and insane story of a fringe political sect and how it connects to both the war and a lot of other terrible things that have happened in the last 10 years. Follow Me @ Patronize Me @ 0. Yep, This is the right place. The footnotes also have footnotes, which can be found in the pinned comment. (A)