What Does Russia Want? Putin- Ukraine can never join NATO, Russia wants NATO arms out of Eastern Europe, Russia wants a ban on NATO missiles within striking distance, wants autonomy for eastern Ukraine. Source:NPR
Youtube- How United States Created Vladimir Putin – 2018- by Journalist Vladimir Pozner- Russian-American. Keep in mind this is 2018- 4 years ago….
Youtube from the University of Chicago is entitled “Why is Ukraine the West’s Fault?” by John Mearsheimer. States that USA is encouraging Ukraine to join NATO, Russia views this as endangering its borders and that Ukraine should be neutral. Youtube
Putin raises the nuke option. Would he nuke Kyiv so nobody gets it. The old saying “if I can’t have it, nobody can”. What would the US do if he did nuke it?
Not presented in this video is whether Putin would expand beyond Ukraine. Putin has made very clear that his reason for war on Ukraine goes far beyond the NATO issue. He opposes Ukraine’s efforts to draw closer to Western Europe in any fashion. And he demands NATO pull back troops and weapons from all Eastern European countries that have joined NATO since the end of Soviet rule, including the Baltic states, Poland, and Romania.
Another Youtube worth watching is The Breakup of the Soviet Union Explained by History Scope. Youtube Video on Breakup
Another video that is interesting, is the The Russia-Ukraine Crisis- Youtube
