Why did Putin order the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
“This war was not inevitable, but we have been moving toward it for years: the west, and Russia, and Ukraine. The war itself is not new – it began, as Ukrainians have frequently reminded us in the past two weeks, with the Russian incursion in 2014. But the roots go back even further. We are still experiencing the death throes of the Soviet empire. We are reaping, too, in the west, the fruits of our failed policies in the region after the Soviet collapse.”
This is a quote from an article in today’s “Guardian” newspaper by American academic Keith Gessen. It is one of the most informative pieces on the Ukraine war that I’ve read so far. It is quite long but worth your time if you want to understand what is going on.