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Sure, Ukraine wanting Crimea back where it belongs is true. Twisting this fact to suggest that they caused the war -- which actually started when Russia took Cr

• hammock 4y ago
  The article I read doesn't suggest that Ukraine "caused the war" - it was written in 2021 after all, prior to the Russian invasion. And indeed the article acknowledges that there has been conflict since 2014 including the civil war in the east. Rather, it suggests that this development is an escalation by Ukraine that could result in a "full-scale war" or "all-out war," something that would be new. Or "war over Crimea," while until this point Ukraine had been relatively acquiescent to its annexation
  • verdverm 4y ago
    The invasion started in 2014, not a civil war. Recall the Russians also shot down MH17 in that year as well