BBCNEWS Ros Atkins On... Rising... November 20, 2021 18:48:00
Though russia did invade georgia in 2008 and we know more broadly, putin doesn't want to test the west. to understand how and why he's doing that well, ukraine is a place to start. it was once part of the soviet union and even after independence in 1991 remained in ally of russians. but the relationship frayed and 2014 russia annexed crimea orfrom the ukraine and made a military incursion into the east of ukraine to support separatists. for that russia was booted out of the g—8 group of rich countries and faced economic sanctions too. but it didn't back down. and now this year, this is been ...