Notwithstanding my own theories that the whole conflict is engineered, possibly on both sides (though at least some of the casualties are real, since most people on the lower floors aren't in on it), I'm personally partial to the "liberating Donbass" spiel. At the very least, because NATO set the precedent for it back in the 90's, with Kosovo. So now, whenever a national region wants to declare independence, and there's a strong enough foreign force to assist it, it's all fair play. Sorry, that's how the rules were rewritten, too late for backsies now.
And then there's how NATO nations crap all over themselves at the thought of Iran or North Korea having nukes, yet see nothing wrong with sprinkling military bases and long-range missiles all over the world - because the military alliance that tried to bomb Iraq, Syria and half of Serbia back to the stone age, is certainly non-aggressive and acting only in the best interests of everyone.
Long story short, the balance of power is shifting, and the organization that styled itself the only de facto superpower for the past 30 years, is reaping what it's been sowing for that period, if not even longer.
Notwithstanding my own theories that the whole conflict is engineered, possibly on both sides (though at least some of the casualties are real, since most people on the lower floors aren't in on it), I'm personally partial to the "liberating Donbass" spiel. At the very least, because NATO set the precedent for it back in the 90's, with Kosovo. So now, whenever a national region wants to declare independence, and there's a strong enough foreign force to assist it, it's all fair play. Sorry, that's how the rules were rewritten, too late for backsies now.
And then there's how NATO nations crap all over themselves at the thought of Iran or North Korea having nukes, yet see nothing wrong with sprinkling military bases and long-range missiles all over the world - because the military alliance that tried to bomb Iraq, Syria and half of Serbia back to the stone age, is certainly non-aggressive and acting only in the best interests of everyone.
Long story short, the balance of power is shifting, and the organization that styled itself the only de facto superpower for the past 30 years, is reaping what it's been sowing for that period, if not even longer.