RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE BECAUSE RUSSIA ASKS NATO TO END ITS EASTWARD EXPANSION, ALL

THAT COUL MEAN THE START OF WAR IN EUROPE.PPP

ORIGINS OF THE CONFLICT
1) IT’S A LOT OF TIME THERE’S TENSIONS BETSEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE BUT THE SITUATION
WORSNED IN 2021 WHEN, UKRAINE PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, URGED US PRESIDENT BIDEN
TO LET UKRAINE JOIN NATO.
2) AFTER THIS RUSSIA GOT ANGRY AND STARTED SENDING TROOPS NEAR ITS UKRAINE
BORDER FOR TRAINING EXERCISE IN SPRING 2021 AND INCREASE UT DURING AUTUMN. IN
DECEMBER, AFTER THIS RUSSIANS DEPLOYMENT OF FORCES NEAR UKRAINE’S BORDER,
PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNED OF SEVERE SANCTIONS IF RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.
3) RUSSIA HAS DEMANDED THAT THE WEST GIVES A LEGALLY BINDING GUARANTEE THAT
NATO WILL NOT HOLD ANY MILITARY ACTIVITY IN EASTERN EUROPE AND UKRAINE. PUTIN
SAID UKRAINE IS A PUPPET OF THE WEST AND WAS NEVER BEEN A PROPER STATE.
4) THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME TENSIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE EXPLODE. IN 2014
RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE, THE REBELS, BACKED BY PUTIN, HAD TAKEN OVER LARGE
AREAS OF EASTERN UKRAINE AND SINCE THEN THEY HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST UKRAINE’S
ARMY. AT THAT TIME RUSSIA HAD ANNEXED CRIMEA.
5) AS A FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC UKRAINE HAS DEEP SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TIES WITH
RUSSIA, AND RUSSIAN IS WIDE SPOKEN BUT AFTER RUSSIAN INVASION OF 2014 THOSE
RELATIONS HAVE FRAYED (TIES WERE WORN).
6) RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE WHEN ITS PRO-RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WAS DEPOSED IN 2014
AND SINCE THE WAR IN THE EAST HAD 14.000 VICTIMS