How Ukraines Fake Culture War Became a Real Geopolitical Conflict

Part one of a series where I try to figure out why Russia invaded Ukraine. The outline for the series will go something like this Part One: A history of Ukraine before the war, and how its incredibly Byzantine politics accidently sucked in its paranoid neighbor. Part Two: A history of Russia s war on Ukraine from 2014 to the escalation in 2022, and how it ended up sparking a new Cold War. Part Three: A survey of all the popular theories of why Russia invaded Ukraine and why they re wrong, and a history of American foreign policy in Eastern Europe, especially NATO expansion. Part Four: The incredibly stupid and insane story of a fringe political sect and how it connects to both the war and a lot of other terrible things that have happened in the last 10 years. Follow Me Patronize Me 0. Yep, This is the right place. The footnotes also have footnotes, which can be found in the pinned comment. (A)