I don’t know why people keep misrepresenting how this military conflict started. Yes, Russia was “invited in.” The two separatists republics had begged Russia for help for 7 years and after Russia recognized the two groups in early 2022 they formally asked Russia to intervene.
KYIV/DONETSK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Separatists in Ukraine asked Moscow to help repel “aggression” on Wednesday and explosions rocked the breakaway eastern city of Donetsk as the United States warned everything is in place for a major attack by Russia on its neighbor.
Hours after the breakaway regions issued their plea, at least five explosions were heard in the separatist-held eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on Thursday morning, a Reuters witness said. Four military trucks were seen heading to the scene.
“I don’t know why people keep misrepresenting how this military conflict started.”
Aren’t you doing that by not mentioning how Russia used its own soldiers to engineer the breakaway of those two “republics” in the first place and invaded Crimea? Seriously, did that whole Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 slip your mind?