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The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 1: Why did Putin go to war?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Is There a Timetable for a Russian Intervention in Ukraine?

There's been this pattern of russian interference in ucranian domestic politics and russia attempt to exert control over it for quite some time now, right? This is not a new thing. But something happened around march of last year that led russia to start putting more troops on ukraine's border. And i don't know when exactly that that build up turned into a concrete decision to invade. It's not clear from the public record right now when putten set his mind to the decision to launch the big war.

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