{"id":62961,"date":"2025-12-30T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62961"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:35:12","slug":"the-real-story-behind-the-russia-ukraine-war-and-what-happens-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62961","title":{"rendered":"The Real Story Behind the Russia\u2013Ukraine War\u2014and What Happens Next"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Provinces<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding the historic fluidity of borders, there is no case whatsoever that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was \u201cunprovoked\u201d and unrelated to NATO\u2019s own transparent provocations in the region.<\/p>\n

The details are arrayed below, but the larger issue needs be addressed first.<\/p>\n

Namely, is there any reason to believe that Russia is an expansionist power looking to gobble up neighbors which were not integral parts of its own historic evolution, as is the case with Ukraine?<\/p>\n

After all, if despite Rubio\u2019s treachery President Trump does manage to strike a Ukraine peace and partition deal with Putin you can be sure that the neocons will come charging in with a false Munich appeasement analogy.<\/p>\n

The answer, however, is a resounding no!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/internationalman.com\/articles\/the-real-story-behind-the-russia-ukraine-war-and-what-happens-next\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Notwithstanding the historic fluidity of borders, there is no case whatsoever that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was \u201cunprovoked\u201d and unrelated to NATO\u2019s own transparent provocations in the region. The details are arrayed below, but the larger issue needs be addressed first. Namely, is there any reason to believe that Russia is an … <\/p>\n

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