Astonish me, my dear btards.
TL;DR
Russian Federation invade Ukraine :
1) Because of NATO expansion
2) Because of Nazi Ukrainian jewish leader
3) Because of planning to make nuclear "dirty bombs"
4) Because of US biolabs everywhere and COVID-19
5) Because of genocide
6) Strengthening international peace
7) For the fun.
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armscontrol.org
mtholyoke.edu
en.wikipedia.org
cbc.ca
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
en.kremlin.ru
rferl.org
ponarseurasia.org
web.archive.org
rferl.org
latimes.com
files.ethz.ch
asil.org
theguardian.com
brookings.edu
wsj.com
bbc.com
osce.org
ghostarchive.org
globalvoices.org
nato.int
bbc.com
euromaidanpress.com
csce.gov
bbc.com
nato.int
bbc.com
news-front.info
nytimes.com
osce.usmission.gov
en.wikipedia.org
topcor.ru
edition.cnn.com
edition.cnn.com
forbes.com
bbc.com
apnews.com
mid.ru
cfr.org
politico.com
euractiv.com
france24.com
theguardian.com
theguardian.com
themoscowtimes.com
politico.eu
duma.gov.ru
axios.com
tass.com
polygraph.info
euractiv.com
foreignpolicy.com
theguardian.com
voanews.com
aa.com.tr
foxnews.com
nypost.com
politifact.com
bloomberg.com
marketwatch.com
bbc.com
ctvnews.ca
edition.cnn.com
bloomberg.com
graphics.reuters.com
apnews.com
newsweek.com
timesofisrael.com
reuters.com
tass.com
asia.nikkei.com
china-briefing.com
hindustannewshub.com
themoscowtimes.com
euronews.com
en.topwar.ru
twitter.com
Let's review the movie until now :
(note that many sources come directly from kremlin.ru or affiliated like gov.ru, mid.ru, themoscowtimes.com, so in russian)
(save the best kremlin.ru parts, i guess they'll soon disapear...)
> 19 nov. 1990 : Following the USSR dissolution, NATO members and Ex-Warsow pact members establish the CFE treaty to reduce conventionnal armaments.
To 2008, both "sides" had reduced them for about 60 to 70%. There were no more CFE report from russian federation since 2007.
armscontrol.org
> 21 mar. 1997 : NATO policy offical change to focusing on peacekeeping and cooperative military efforts open to all European states willing to participate.
mtholyoke.edu
> 6 may 1997 : A poll about joining NATO in Ukraine show weak Ukrainiand interest : 37% in favor of joining NATO with 28% opposed and 34% undecided.
en.wikipedia.org
> 12 mar. 1999 : Tchek reublic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
cbc.ca
en.wikipedia.org
> nov. 2000 : The cassette scandale lead to civil unrest in Ukraine.
en.wikipedia.org
> 5 may. 2002 : The cassette scandal (kolchuga scandal) reveals Ukraine military assistance to Sadam Hussein's Irak.
It frozes the Ukraine relations with NATO, US, EU and lead to the 2004 Orange revolution.
en.wikipedia.org
> 17 may 2002 : Russian federation president Vladimir Poutine and Ukraine president Kuchma press conference.
"Question: Is Russia going to join NATO? What major changes do you foresee in the relations between Ukraine and NATO?
And how do you see the pattern of Ukraine-Russia-NATO relations in the future?"
"Vladimir Putin: Russia does not intend to join NATO. Russia, as you know, is engaged in a very constructive dialogue with NATO to create a new Russia-NATO structure
“at twenty”, in which all twenty countries will be represented as nations, each having one vote, and all the issues will be solved without prior consultations,
without any prior decisions on a number of issues being taken first within the bloc."
"You know about these issues and practical consultations have already been completed."
"These issues are terrorism, humanitarian operations, the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other issues."
"I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole."
"Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision is to be taken by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners."
en.kremlin.ru
> 23 may 2002 : Following the cassette scandal, president Kuchma's declares that Ukraine want to join NATO to mend relations with NATO.
rferl.org
ponarseurasia.org
> 28 may 2002 : Russia–NATO Council establishment.
> 1 nov. 2002 : NATO refuse to invite Ukraine to NATO summit. Fun fact, Ukraine president will however come and force the door.
> 1 jun. 2003 : Ukraine president meets EU leaders and express Ukraine whih to join EU.
ponarseurasia.org
> 19 jun. 2003 : A constitutional majority of the Ukrainian parliament voted overwhelmingly (319 of 450 deputies voted “yes”, only 3 “no”)
for the new Law on the Foundations of Ukraine’s National Security, which proclaims the goal of joining NATO.
Irena Poherelova fears that linking a NATO invitation with clean elections could backfire.
“There are political forces that will do everything to make the elections as dirty as possible,”
“just to make sure that Ukraine doesn’t join NATO.”
ponarseurasia.org
latimes.com
> 29 mar. 2004 : Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO (the seven ia)
cbc.ca
en.wikipedia.org
> 23 jul. 2007 : CSRC study, NATO can't afford Ukraine integration, and Ukraine can't meet the criterias.
"differing views among allies about Ukrainian membership in NATO"
"Russian pressure"
"Politically fractionned territory"
files.ethz.ch
> 12 dec. 2007 : Russian federation “suspends” its implementation of the CFE Treaty.
asil.org
> 2 dec. 2008 : NATO offically refuses Georgia and Ukraine a Membership Action Plan.
theguardian.com
> 1 apr. 2009 : Albania, Croatia join NATO (the two ia).
cbc.ca
en.wikipedia.org
> jun. 2011: Continuous budget reduction for NATO, 10 to 20%. 25% for UK. The trend will remain until 2015, after crimea invasion.
"EU countries have introduced military spending cuts of 10 to 15 percent on average."
" And several of the smaller EU member states have reducedtheir defense spending by more than 20 percent, leading to the loss of entire military capabilities"
"Together, European states have discharged 160,000 soldiers between 2009 and 2011."
brookings.edu
> 25 mar. 2014 : The WSJ notices the continous decline of NATO deployed forces in EU since USSR dissolution.
wsj.com
> 1 apr. 2014 : NATO unanimously decided to suspend all practical co-operation with the Russian Federation in response to the Annexation of Crimea,
but the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) was not suspended.
bbc.com
> 12 feb. 2015 : Minsk 2 agreement with Russia’s signature attached that they respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"Restore full control over the state border by Ukrainian government in the whole conflict zone".
osce.org
ghostarchive.org
> 29 dec. 2015 : Harry Potter against NATO and the evil Scotland.
globalvoices.org
> 9 jul. 2016 : NATO policy change to include "civilian protection" in its defensive framework.
nato.int
> 16 jan. 2017 : Newly elected US president states NATO is obsolete.
bbc.com
> 5 jun. 2017 : Montenegro join NATO.
> 8 jun. 2017 : Ukraine renews its will to join NATO. No suit.
euromaidanpress.com
> 16 oct. 2017 : From CSCE review, Ukraine can't join EU and NATO.
csce.gov
> 27 mar. 2018 : In response to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, NATO announce expelling seven Russian diplomats from the Russian mission to NATO in Brussels.
27 countries (including Ukraine and many non NATO) expelled 140 Russian diplomats for the same reason.
bbc.com
> 11 jul. 2018 : NATO summit => "NATO will continue to work with Ukraine, a longstanding partner of the Alliance,
based on the principles and values enshrined in the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine."
(keyword is distinctive)
nato.int
bbc.com
> 19 dec. 2018 : Russian federation thanks "Agent Donald".
> 14 jan. 2019 : US whish to leave NATO.
nytimes.com
> 14 feb. 2019 : OSCE denounces Russian federation Minsk 2 violations.
osce.usmission.gov
> 20 may 2019 : Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a native russian speaker, is elected as the first jewish Ukraine president.
en.wikipedia.org
> 21 jun. 2019 : Russian federation cross fingers for its "agent".
topcor.ru
> 26 nov. 2019 : US Intelligence US have identified "Ukraine 2016 election interference in US" theory as Russian disinformation meant to deflect blame.
edition.cnn.com
> 28 nov. 2019 : NATO major budget cut from US, from about $2.5 billions to $1.8 billions.
edition.cnn.com
> 9 dec. 2019 : First Normandy Summit on Ukraine, a "draw".
> 27 mar. 2020 : North Macedonia join NATO.
en.wikipedia.org
> 29 jul. 2020: US to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany, 6,400 back to homeland.
> 18 oct. 2021 : Following an incident in which NATO expelled eight Russian officials from its Brussels headquarters,
Russia suspended its mission to NATO and ordered the closure of NATO's office in Moscow.
apnews.com
> 17 dec. 2021 : Russian federation, on behalf of North Atlantic Cooperation Council, requires NATO to refrain from any further enlargement of NATO,
including the accession of Ukraine as well as other States.
Russia’s foreign ministry issued a set of demands calling for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
to cease any military activity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to commit against further NATO expansion toward Russia, and to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO in the future.
mid.ru
cfr.org
> 11 jan. 2022 : Reports from commercial satellites show massive russian troops concentration on Ukraine borders.
politico.com
> 26 jan. 2022 : Second Normandy Summit on Ukraine,
"The talks came as the US and NATO on Wednesday delivered written responses to Russia on its demands for security guarantees
as part of negotiations to avert a military escalation against Ukraine."
euractiv.com
france24.com
> 28 jan. 2022 : Russian federation states US and Nato had not taken into account Moscow’s “fundamental concerns” about the expansion of Nato.
Russian federation promised to “carefully study” the US and Nato written responses and continue a “Russian-French dialogue on the entire range of European security questions”
> 12 feb. 2022 : After US satellites report on massive russian military concentration on the Ukraine border, Kremlin denounce Western hysteria, stating they will not invade.
theguardian.com
> 14 feb. : Moscow times => Ukraine rep. Vadim Prystaiko states Ukraine can be flexible regarding its constitutional goal of joining NATO.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday dismissed Western warnings of a Russian invasion of Ukraine as “provocative speculation.”"
BBC => Vadim Prystaiko states that Ukraine was “ready for many concessions” in its negotiations with Russia, “but it has nothing to do with NATO.”
themoscowtimes.com
politico.eu
> 15 feb. : Russian federation recognizes the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic,
stating: 1) “The actions of the Ukrainian authorities can be considered as the genocide of their own people,”.
2) Kiev “does not fulfill the Minsk agreements”.
3) This will strengthening international peace and regional stability in accordance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter
> 15 feb. : Russia says it's pulling back some troops from Ukraine border.
axios.com
tass.com
> 16 feb. : In fact, Russia has added 7,000 more troops.
polygraph.info
> 17 feb. : RIA Novosti => Russian federation requires "Kyiv must comply with the Minsk agreements" and "withdrawal of all US forces and weapons from Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic republics" (but not NATO forces).
Russian federation expelled the number two US diplomat in Moscow.
euractiv.com
foreignpolicy.com
> 20 feb. : US. Intelligence report Russia is about to invade Ukraine.
> 20 feb. : Kremlin still denies any invasion plan.
voanews.com
> 21 feb. : Kremlin claims Ukraine destroyed a border facility in Rostov.
aa.com.tr
> 22 feb. : NATO report Russia is about to launch a full scale attack against Ukraine.
foxnews.com
> 23 feb. : Russia declare war against Ukraine.
nypost.com
> 24 feb. : A Twitter user by the handle @WarClandestine spread a story on Feb. 24 that Russia was targeting the sites of U.S.-run biolabs.
8 mar. 2022 => China back the claim.
11 mar. 2022 => King's London college confirms it'st a false story.
politifact.com
bloomberg.com
marketwatch.com
bbc.com
> 24/25 feb. : Russian forces start Kiev bombings.
> 25 feb. : UE+swiss+UK, US, japan bans many russian banks from SWIFT.
edition.cnn.com
> 25 feb. : ALL China banks disange from russia, where they had massive financial investments.
> Sanctions extend regularly since then, one next "pack" every 2/3 days...
graphics.reuters.com
> 26 feb. : Sweden Finland, Sweden brush off Moscow’s warning on joining NATO.
> 28 feb. : Kremlin claims they're invading to "denazify" Ukraine.
Russian foreign minister claims westerners just don't accept that it's legitimate reason for russian "military operation" (not a war anymore..).
newsweek.com
timesofisrael.com
> 6 mar. : Russia claims they invade because Ukraine was planning to make "dirty bombs" / nuclear weapons.
reuters.com
> 7 mar. : Russian Federation has approved a list of foreign states and territories that commit "unfriendly actions".
(Including Ukraine as a state...)
tass.com
asia.nikkei.com
> 9 Mar. : Despite China claims that they will not comply with US/EU sanctions, China businesses increasingly apply them too.
china-briefing.com
> 9 Mar. : Russian federation no more require regime change as Ukraine no more express will to join NATO.
(Ukrainian regime is no more Nazi ?)
> 11 Mar. : Positive shifts in talks between Ukrain and Russia.
Putin said Moscow's actions were aimed at the "demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine.
"The U.S.S.R. really lived in the conditions of sanctions and (still) developed and achieved colossal successes," Putin said.
(U.S.S.R. did not end well dude, as for the old Roman Empire, bankrupty finaly got them...)
themoscowtimes.com
It seems the real reason is more about that :
euronews.com
Russian Federation make a deal with NATO that gives NATO a new strong purpose and in the same time gives russian federation unity and stability with a "designated enemy" to russians.
China's probably in the deal, but as Chineses say themselve "it's more dangerous to be China ally than anything else" (en.topwar.ru
Shamless self bump
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I let Chris handle the pasta and sauce while I heated some Swedish
meatballs in the oven. There were some appliances I wasn't ready to trust
him with quite yet. By the end, Chris had helped make two delicious bowls
of angel hair with garlic marinara sauce and classical meatballs on top
with minimal complications.
putin is mentally sick , he doesnt even know what hes doing , first they wanted to conquer ukraine but its impossible so just destroy it
"Destroying it" added. Kinda like "for fun", but however.
>Russian Federation invade Ukraine :
>1) Because of NATO expansion
>2) Because of Nazi Ukrainian jewish leader
>3) Because of planning to make nuclear "dirty bombs"
>4) Because of US biolabs everywhere and COVID-19
>5) Because of genocide
>6) Strengthening international peace
>7) For the fun.
>8) To destroy it.
He was a weird little guy from the outset,
>parents win car/cash in the state lottery
>instead of taking the cash and buying their own place to get out of their commie-room carved out of an old bourgeois St. Petersberg apartment into a dozen of the like, they take the car, and give it to dear little Vlad.
>becomes the only student in the city with his own car.
Doubtless he remembers the conversations that led up to that decision, but those will go to his grave.