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Ukraine was a friendly nation to Russia since 1991 (not to mention centuries of coexistence as part of the same country). It became hostile twice: first after '

Ukraine was a friendly nation to Russia since 1991 (not to mention centuries of coexistence as part of the same country). It became hostile twice: first after 'color revolution' in 2004, when USA put their first puppet on Ukrainian throne, and the second one in 2014, when Nuland and K baked a bloody coup there to bring Ukraine into NATO. Crimea annexation was a response to it (new puppet government declared that Russia will be kicked out of Sevastopol base), Donbass war started in 2014 and reignited in 2022 when USA and other NATO countries started to pump more weaponry to the country, constructing naval base and refusing to sign a deal with Putin that Ukraine won't join NATO.

stametseater 4y ago
> Crimea annexation was a response to it (new puppet government declared that Russia will be kicked out of Sevastopol base) This is likely the root of it. Russia had what they perceived to be a rational and pressing military need to control Ukraine. Any talk of higher causes is nothing but propaganda. The legitimacy [or lack thereof] of the Ukrainian government was never relevant, one way or the other. Whether or not the present Ukrainian government is a legitimately elected democratic government representing the Ukrainian people, or a puppet government controlled by America makes literally no difference. Russia invaded Ukraine to serve Russian interests, not to liberate Ukraine from a NATO puppet government.