Putin started this war. Period.
What about the approximately 18,500 Russian-speaking Ukranians who were killed by the Nazi segment of the Ukranian military over several years? Also, whatever happened to the promise to not expand NATO. I believe they expanded into several European countries close to Russia.
“Putin started this war. Period.”
Is like saying the one brother started the fight by hitting the other brother, after the other brother had been poking him for the last twenty miles as their parents drove down the road.
Putin started this war. Period.
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This war started in 2014 with Maidan, enabling the Ukie Neo Nazis to start shelling the ethnic Russian Donbass. They killed 12-14,000 ethnic Russian civilians.