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On #Putin's decision to invade #Ukraine, Gordon Hahn (@rusolog) gives crucial insight. Was it planned all along, or was it last minute? Read the article.
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The decision was likely last minute. Remember, in the couple months before Feb 24, #Putin was practising 'coercive diplomacy' (Hahn's words), but the West not only ignored it, along with #Ukraine, they increased provocations and insisted on #NATO's open door policy.
"By February, Washington & NATO had made it clear they had not intention of even considering an end to #NATO expansion to Ukraine, insisting on the inviolability of its ‘open door’ policy. This was occurring on a background of years of expanding NATO-Ukrainian mil cooperation"
