
US and UK escalate Russia war fever, but NATO splits over Ukraine emerge
Pushback with Aaron Mate
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Putin's Defensiveness in the Ukraine Crisis in 2014
The conventional narrative we get here in the us is that pro democracy protesters ousted a corrupt pro russia leader, yenikovitch. Russia responded by annexing crimea and launching the separatist war in the donbas. But putin has always been in defence of the sovereignty of his neighbours. He was desperate to try to have treaties accepting the existing borders. And so it'ser realy to pounce.
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