I do read between the lines, and you know what else I do? Study history, and the material basis behind world events, especially war. The US was lying about WMD, it was always a way to privatize oil after creating a failed state. Russia has consistently for decades opposed NATO expansion, to the point of signing the Minsk agreements that Ukraine violated and said they never intended on honoring in the first place.
In the Donbass region, where the majority is ethnically Russian, the Kiev government has been shelling and murdering the breakaway republics for a decade. The reason they broke away was because of language suppression, and the Euromaidan coup that overthrew the president they supported and installed the far-right Banderite government. Russia tried to resolve this peacefully with the Minsk agreements, which ultimately failed, and then decided to invade at the request of the LPR and DPR for foreign support.
Why does Russia want to do this? To stop NATO encirclement! Since the Cold War, NATO has had nukes pointed right at Moscow, and they never let up. Not even after the USSR dissolved and Putin tried to join NATO! How could this have been prevented? By NATO stopping its expansion! Simple as. Russia did not invade “because it wants Ukrainian stuff,” it invaded because it wants a secure border, and Ukraine was the path the Nazis took when invading Russia in World War II, as its the easiest path.
You’re right, you aren’t an expert. Neither am I. The very fact that you only listen to the US-narrative when you admit they lied about WMD means you’re in no position to immediately ignore perspectives that conflict with your current understanding.
I do read between the lines, and you know what else I do? Study history, and the material basis behind world events, especially war. The US was lying about WMD, it was always a way to privatize oil after creating a failed state. Russia has consistently for decades opposed NATO expansion, to the point of signing the Minsk agreements that Ukraine violated and said they never intended on honoring in the first place.
In the Donbass region, where the majority is ethnically Russian, the Kiev government has been shelling and murdering the breakaway republics for a decade. The reason they broke away was because of language suppression, and the Euromaidan coup that overthrew the president they supported and installed the far-right Banderite government. Russia tried to resolve this peacefully with the Minsk agreements, which ultimately failed, and then decided to invade at the request of the LPR and DPR for foreign support.
Why does Russia want to do this? To stop NATO encirclement! Since the Cold War, NATO has had nukes pointed right at Moscow, and they never let up. Not even after the USSR dissolved and Putin tried to join NATO! How could this have been prevented? By NATO stopping its expansion! Simple as. Russia did not invade “because it wants Ukrainian stuff,” it invaded because it wants a secure border, and Ukraine was the path the Nazis took when invading Russia in World War II, as its the easiest path.
You’re right, you aren’t an expert. Neither am I. The very fact that you only listen to the US-narrative when you admit they lied about WMD means you’re in no position to immediately ignore perspectives that conflict with your current understanding.