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		s1artibartfast 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine I don't think that is true at all, especially if the "we" is the west. This strikes me as some sort of savior complex. How has NATO delayed bloodshed in Ukraine between 1991 and 2022?

philistine 7 months ago [–]

At first, Ukraine stayed firmly rooted in Russia's economical orbit. It's the slow inevitable lean towards Western Europe that enraged Russia.

NATO had nothing to do with it. It's economical.

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