I understand that in February 2022 Russia escalated the conflict with an invasion using uniformed Russian troops. Was that really the start of the war? In 2014 Russia annexed Crimea which Wikipedia refers to as part of a wider Russia/Ukraine war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation

It would appear that the Russo-Ukranian war was started by the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine is a pawn in a conflict between Russia and the EU and NATO. This war would never have started, and Crimea would still be part of the Ukraine but for EU and NATO meddling. I am not falling for any propaganda; I have researched this myself and I have formed my own opinion.

Is the death and destruction in the Ukraine really going to make the Ukraine that much better than if it remained in the Russian sphere. Is it really that great a thing to be part of the EU? I am sure it is better to be ruled from Brussels than to be ruled from Moscow but at what price? Poland is a little uneasy with the heavy hand of the EU. Yeah, better than the iron fist of Moscow but like I said, at what price. The price in the Ukraine is huge.

An alternative narrative is that Russia intervened in a Ukranian civil war on the side of the pro-Russian faction. First with Russian volunteers and Russian regulars not in Russian uniforms along with Russian supplied arms. Russia then annexed Crimea and the Donbas as breakaway territories. The Russian intervention was setup by political instability from multiple changes to the Ukrainian Constitution and form of government. Was Russia behind this instability or was NATO and the EU as the changes to the constitution were incrementally moving toward the EU.

Like I said, I am not sure Russia started this war. I am not saying they didn't, but I am thinking that Russia and NATO both wanted this fight and poor Ukraine is getting decimated.

TEK