Updated explanation of the Russian/Ukraine war. Many people are clueless about the current conflict. This thread is to help explain why and how it started.

This conflict has as much to do with Germany and the EU as it does Russia. It has nothing to do with Ukraine.
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🧵 NATO was created in 1949 for two reasons. Keep Russia out and keep Germany down. Germany was the main antagonist in both world wars. NATO’s first Secretary General famously said, NATO's purpose is to "keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”