BBCNEWS Outside Source December 7, 2021 19:32:00
President putin has said over and over, very explicitly, that he doesn't see ukraine as a country — it's really only an extension of russia — and this, of course, is the pretence, ukrainians fear, for this invasion. russia claims that its movements are defensive ones, aimed at countering ukrainian and western escalation. and moscow has been clear about what it calls "red lines" on ukraine. first, the kremlin says that ukraine must notjoin nato under any circumstances. and its clear to see why that would be a red line. take a look at this map. the european nato members are in light blue. ru...
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