What Does Russia Wants From Ukraine
Vladimir Putin justifies Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by the need to “protect itself,” stop the “genocide” and “denacify” Ukraine. SyriaHR parses the Russian president’s claims. Russian troops are shelling Ukrainian cities and engaging in full-scale hostilities in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion began on February 24, just before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an address to the Russians, in which he listed the reasons why he decided to order the attack, which, from his point of view, is a defense. SyriaHR – on how objective the main arguments given by Putin are. Are NATO troops getting closer to Russia’s borders? Putin’s claim: “The NATO is steadily expanding, the military machine is moving and coming close to our borders.” Factchecking: this statement is misleading. What is true about this statement is that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, 14 Eastern European countries joined the North Atlantic Alliance. Four of these countries border Russia. Ukraine was also given a chance to join NATO in 2008, but the process has been frozen since then. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, during his visit to Moscow in mid-February, stressed that admission of Ukraine to NATO was not on the agenda for the foreseeable future. It is also true that logistics infrastructure and airfields necessary for possible operational reinforcement have been prepared on the territory of Eastern European NATO member states. However, it is important to...
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