When does Vladimir Putin first start to incur into Ukraine either physically or politically? When does he start this? I mean, he went to Kiev in 2013. In 2021 last July, he wrote about how he thought that Ukraine and Russia were historically unified. It would not be an exaggeration to say in the formation of an ethnically pure Ukrainian state, aggressive towards Russia is like weapons of mass destruction against us.
Vladimir Putin believes Ukraine belongs to Russia, and he used that a pretense to invade. In an episode originally released in February, historian Timothy Snyder explains why Putin is wrong.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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