Why did Russia attack Ukraine, what is the real reason for the war? Know the story of this entire controversy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put the world in peril. After the military move of Russian President Vladimir Putin, many people are curious to know how and why the conflict started. Jar Balan, director of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, answered similar important questions. Why did Russia invade Ukraine? In response to this question, Tsar Balan said that Putin has deep grievances about Russia’s loss of power and influence since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Ukraine was previously part of the Soviet Union, but declared its independence in 1991.

The existence of a prosperous, modern, independent and democratic European country bordering Russia has been seen as a threat to Russia’s autocratic rule. If Ukraine’s leaders succeed in reforming their country completely on the lines of other Western democracies, it will set a bad example for former Soviet countries and serve as an example for Russians who want a more democratic country. . Putin also believes that Western democracies are in a weak position. Russia felt it was the opportune time to launch a major military operation.

Is this war?

In response to this question, he said that absolutely, both in the traditional and the modern sense. This includes an attack with air, sea and ground military forces combining propaganda material spread by social media with sophisticated cyber attacks and traditional propaganda. The invasion of Ukraine is an extension and escalation of several earlier attacks. It is a war that actually started in 2013-14 after the revolution for the honor of Ukraine, also known as Euromaidan. When then-President Viktor Yankovic was ousted due to widespread protests by citizens seeking closer ties with Europe. Yankovic sought help from Russia to suppress the protest.

Russia responded by illegally annexing Crimea. It was that part of Ukraine, which is near the Russian border on the Black Sea. Russia supplied military personnel, mercenaries and other resources to support large-scale pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine’s east. More than 14,000 Ukrainians have been killed in the fighting in the Donbass since 2014.

Is the story related to the occupation of Crimea

Is the invasion connected with Russia’s annexation of Crimea? To this, Tsar Balan said that at the time of the breakup of the Soviet Union, Crimea was the only part of Ukraine with a minor majority of Russians. Nevertheless, 55 percent of the peninsula’s population voted for Ukraine’s independence. Is this the start of the Cold War again? The term “Cold War” refers to the period after World War II when the Soviet Union and Western countries were aligned against each other in what was essentially an ideological battle between capitalism and communism.

How ‘Russian’ is Ukraine?

Balan said at the height of the Cold War, the world’s two major military powers, the US and the Soviet Union, engaged in an ideological struggle in the developing world through sabotage, propaganda campaigns and proxy wars. Putin is trying to turn back to a time when the Soviet Union and the West had defined and relatively stable “spheres of influence” in Europe. How ‘Russian’ is Ukraine? To this question, Tsar Balan said that according to the last census in 2001, 17.3 percent of citizens of independent Ukraine identified themselves as ethnic Russians. This was a drop of about five percentage points from 1989, partly reflecting the exodus of Russians after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Until recently, a large population of Ukraine had a positive image of Russia, but there is an increasing number of people who have a critical or skeptical attitude towards Russia. The situation is bound to get worse with the current conflict. Why didn’t Putin call Ukraine a real country? In a televised speech a few days before the invasion, Putin said that “modern Ukraine is completely built by Russia”.

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