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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
Not going to lie, hearing Putin, admitting to Tucker no less, the same motives I gave to this place for the start of the invasion was pretty humorous.
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What interview did you listen to?
The history lesson about the relationship between Ukraine and Russia had almost nothing to do with the invasion. It was background info about how close the ties were between the two countries and why. Putin was obviously fine with a politically independent Ukraine as long as the economic and military relationship was not threatening to Russia.
The problems started when there was a CIA lead coup that changed the government of Ukraine. After that the US was once again looking to expand NATO further east (against promises made years ago). This time it was in too critical an area for Russia to accept. So they invaded to prevent missiles, biolabs, troops etc.. from being right on their border. They took the Russian areas of Ukraine to protect those people and more importantly to create a buffer between NATO and Russia. Would they take more if they could easily? Probably, but they already have what they needed. That's why he's willing to negotiate an end to the war that guarantees no NATO in Ukraine, but he keeps the Russian speaking, Russian identifying, Russia loyalist buffer areas for his defense.
