US, EU sacrificing Ukraine to 'weaken Russia': fmr. NATO adviser
Pushback with Aaron Mate
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The Russian Invasion of Crimea
i think that the russians always hoped that this conflict could be solved on a political level, in fact, anid the theminska agreement and all tat. So basically, what led to the decision to to launch an offensive in the dombas was not what happened since two thousand 14. There is adr trigger for that. And the trigger is that two things. A minute itit came in two phaces, if you want. The first is the decision and the law adopted by salinski last year, to reconquer crimea by force. That started a built up of the russian armed fore the russian the cranian arm armed forces in the southern parts
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