@SeeEestiLits Not quite. Tension has been high between Russia and Ukraine since 2014, starting with the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, which should have been counted as an unjustified invasion (Russian forces entered Crimea and "liberated" it from the "oppressive" Ukrainian "regime"). The annexation sparked the Russo-Ukrainian war. The next move by Russia was the war in Donbas, another region of Ukraine, from 2014-2022. In 2023, they finally made a full force invasion of Ukraine, this time attempting to wipe them out entirely, but covering it up (yet again, and unsurprisingly) by saying they're "liberating" the Donbas and "protecting their borders." Basically, Russia wants Ukraine back like the days of the U.S.S.R. - this is evidenced by similar, yet smaller scale, moves made toward other former members of the union.
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@SeeEestiLits Not quite. Tension has been high between Russia and Ukraine since 2014, starting with the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, which should have been counted as an unjustified invasion (Russian forces entered Crimea and "liberated" it from the "oppressive" Ukrainian "regime"). The annexation sparked the Russo-Ukrainian war. The next move by Russia was the war in Donbas, another region of Ukraine, from 2014-2022. In 2023, they finally made a full force invasion of Ukraine, this time attempting to wipe them out entirely, but covering it up (yet again, and unsurprisingly) by saying they're "liberating" the Donbas and "protecting their borders." Basically, Russia wants Ukraine back like the days of the U.S.S.R. - this is evidenced by similar, yet smaller scale, moves made toward other former members of the union.