Anyone who says that NATO provoked russia to attack Ukraine is either stupid, brainwashed or simply doesn’t know the history.
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2/ Until 2013, only about 20-30% of Ukrainians (depending on the poll) were in favor of joining NATO. After the annexation of Crimea, that number went up to more than 50%. And now, after the full scale invasion, close to 90% of Ukrainians say that they want Ukraine to join NATO.
3/ Also, it was russian aggression that forced Sweden and Finland to join NATO. It is russian aggression that has prompted other countries to join NATO not “NATO’s expansion” forcing russia to attack the neighboring countries.
4/ Even the infamous interview of propagandist Tucker Carlson with Putin showed that russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 had nothing to do with NATO. It had all to do with Putin’s obsession with the breakup of Kyivan Rus in the 12th century and USSR in the 20th century.
5/ He can’t accept that Ukrainians are a nation, thus he wants to erase Ukraine from existence.
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