Ahhh…the essay. We have been over that one before. Russia is not anti Ukraine. The fact that there is war going on in Ukraine doesn’t not change that. You know as well as the rest of the world that, there was a single reason for Russia getting involved in Syria, for example. USA backed militants, trying to overthrow the legitimate government.
In the case of Ukraine, the USA diabolical plan of admitting Ukraine to NATO, which started in 2008. Russia tried over years to avoid a military intervention, but in the end it decided to take care of its national security interests, starting in 2014. The USA and NATO involvement have made sure that the military operation morphed into a full scale war.
Yes, Putin made the move after many moves made by Washington, which loaded Putin’s gun.
