Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to attack around the Donbas region of Ukraine on February 24th, justifying the attacks as inevitable due to NATO's expansion and Ukraine's military development, which Putin views as unacceptable threats to Russia. Russian troops have attacked several Ukrainian regions since that date, including the capital Kyiv, in an ongoing war of uncertain end. The crisis stems from Russia's refusal to accept NATO and EU involvement with Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that Russia sees as vital to its identity, interests, and security. Putin believes that Russians and Ukrainians make up "one people."
Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to attack around the Donbas region of Ukraine on February 24th, justifying the attacks as inevitable due to NATO's expansion and Ukraine's military development, which Putin views as unacceptable threats to Russia. Russian troops have attacked several Ukrainian regions since that date, including the capital Kyiv, in an ongoing war of uncertain end. The crisis stems from Russia's refusal to accept NATO and EU involvement with Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that Russia sees as vital to its identity, interests, and security. Putin believes that Russians and Ukrainians make up "one people."
Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to attack around the Donbas region of Ukraine on February 24th, justifying the attacks as inevitable due to NATO's expansion and Ukraine's military development, which Putin views as unacceptable threats to Russia. Russian troops have attacked several Ukrainian regions since that date, including the capital Kyiv, in an ongoing war of uncertain end. The crisis stems from Russia's refusal to accept NATO and EU involvement with Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that Russia sees as vital to its identity, interests, and security. Putin believes that Russians and Ukrainians make up "one people."
Vladimir Putin ordered on February 24 to attack around the Donbas region.
The Russian president defended through a message with which he opened the hostilities against Ukraine that the clashes between the Ukrainian and Russian forces are "inevitable" and "only a matter of time". "The expansion of NATO and the military development of the territory of Ukraine by the Alliance is unacceptable for Russia," the head of the Kremlin justified then. Russian troops have attacked several regions of the country since that day, including the capital of kyiv, in a war with an uncertain end. The recent movements awaken the specter of the Cold War. The background to this crisis is Russia's refusal to accept the rapprochement of NATO and the European Union to the former Soviet republic, which Moscow considers part of its identity and its space of influence, and whose control it deems vital for its security. Putin believes that both countries make up "one people."