Not true for NATO expansion argument, which has very deep roots, going back to the 1999 NATO-Yugoslavia war specifically (which is when US-Russia relations star

Not true for NATO expansion argument, which has very deep roots, going back to the 1999 NATO-Yugoslavia war specifically (which is when US-Russia relations started heading south generally). As regards NATO-Ukraine, it seems to have picked up with the Orange Revolution around 2004-2005. Then sealed with the 2008 Munich Security Conference. In any case originating from the Russian side. Most right wingers probably couldn't have found Ukraine on the map back then. The "biolabs" argument may have started with the Feb 24th invasion, as there were Russian press releases dated suspiciously close to the onset of the operation (suggesting they may have been part of a pre-orchestrated campaign, as opposed to "discoveries" on the ground as they were made out to be). Then again - they're of a refined category of bullshit that it hardly seems to matter. How can anyone believe that stuff?