Ty for posting this excellent resource.And ty to the mod who stickied it.
This is important information. Much context is gained here. It was especially interesting to note that the bombardment of civilians that has been ongoing since the Maidan Revolution in 2014, killing 14000 civilians, had severely escalated in the weeks leading up to Russian military engagement and that Zelenskyy had been concentrating troops in a planned offensive against the Donbas region. This left Putin little choice especially when taken together with Ukraine making noises about developing nukes and the biolabs already within the country.
I also found it enlightening that no western intelligence structure ever found any evidence of Russian troops or Russian supplied arms in Ukraine prior to the start of the war, going all the way back to the 2014 Ukraine coup.
This war is on the governments of the West not on Putin. I am appalled and ashamed at the actions of our government.
Ty for posting this excellent resource.And ty to the mod who stickied it.
This is important information. Much context is gained here. It was especially interesting to note that the bombardment of civilians that has been ongoing since the Maidan Revolution in 2014, killing 14000 civilians, had severely escalated in the weeks leading up to Russian military engagement and that Zelenskyy had been concentrating troops in a planned offensive against the Donbas region. This left Putin little choice especially when taken together with Ukraine making noises about developing nukes and the biolabs already within the country.
I also found it enlightening that no western intelligence structure ever found any evidence of Russian troops or Russian supplied arms in Ukraine prior to the start of the war, going all the way back to the 2014 Ukraine coup.
This war is on the governments of the West not on Putin. I am appalled and ashamed at the actions of our government.
Same
Have been for a while.