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Originally Posted by Boreas
The clear goal of the US and the EU was to fold Ukraine in to the eurozone and also NATO. This was a clear and deliberate provocation and another violation of the entente between the US and Russia regarding NATO expansion. There's a lot not to like about Putin but, in this case, I think he has been pretty restrained.
John
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I suppose one could view it as a provocation if a sovereign Ukraine viewed its future rosier if it adopted economic policies and alliances more like those in Poland rather than Belarus.

If I lived in Kiev, I sure as hell know where I'd prefer to hitch my wagon.