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Russia ’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has set alight the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. A former Soviet republic, Ukraine had deep cultural, economic, and political ... The speaker of Russia 's upper house of parliamentand Russian state television channels acknowledged that Russian soldiers were in Ukraine , but referred to them as "volunteers" fighting for the "Russian world". Bogged down in a grinding war of attrition in eastern Ukraine , and now facing a counter-offensive by Kyiv, Russia ’s folly and miscalculation in invading its neighbour last February seems obvious. It begs the question of why Vladimir Putin launched his invasion, and why now. Yet, seen in the ... Why do Russia , the U.S. and Europe care so much about Ukraine ? Both Russia and the West see Ukraine as a potential buffer against each other. Russia considers Ukraine within its natural sphere of ...
