The final straws prompting this military assault appear to have been:
1. An increase in NATO threats and provocations in recent months, including joint NATO-Ukrainian drills and an unprecedented $200 million airlift of weapons and ammunition to Kiev in January.
2. The US/NATO rejection of Russia’s demands for a guarantee that NATO would not offer membership to Ukraine.
3. An increase in fighting in the Donbas region between Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed separatists, leading to the latter asking Russia for
military support.…your understanding of history depends entirely on where you “start the clock” on the history of recent events.
– James Corbett, The Ukraine Crisis: What You Need to Know (Feb. 27th, 2022: https://www.corbettreport.com/the-ukraine-crisis-what-you-need-to-know/)
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