Oorlog Rusland 21 juni 2015 - groeiende Verzameling Ukraine historische links

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The core of the problem is that Vladimir Putin, along with a majority of the Russian people, simply can't get over the fact that the demise of the Soviet Union allowed 14 previously-captive nations to become sovereign, independent states whose territorial integrity and right to self-determination was protected under international law.

https://x.com/evo1tactical/status/1995326417962221904
(T.C.A.G.) Commander Brad Crawford
Colonel, here is the reality that many avoid saying directly.

Putin and a large part of Russian society are not upset about the fall of the Soviet Union because of economics or politics. They are upset because their empire collapsed.

Fourteen nations broke free from Moscow's control, reclaimed sovereignty under international law, and chose independence. Russia has never accepted that loss, and that resentment has fueled every act of aggression they have taken since.

The historical facts are not complicated. The Soviet Union did not unite these nations through cooperation or shared values. It absorbed them by force. Entire populations were subjected to repression, deportations, engineered famines, and the destruction of their national identities.

Ukraine lived through the Holodomor. The Baltic states endured mass arrests and the removal of their leaders. Georgia, Moldova, and the nations of Central Asia were stripped of political autonomy and ruled directly from Moscow.

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, each of these nations held democratic referendums where overwhelming majorities chose independence.

Their borders were recognized by the international community, and Russia itself signed the Belavezha Agreement, the Alma Ata Protocols, and the Budapest Memorandum, all affirming their full sovereignty.

Russia's refusal to accept this history is the center of the problem. This has nothing to do with NATO expansion or security concerns. It is about a political mindset that cannot tolerate its former colonies choosing their own future.

Ukraine stands at the front of that fight, and the rest of the world must understand the weight of the history behind it.

Slava Ukraini. Heroiam Slava. 🇺🇦