Putin Followed a Playbook Right Out of World War II
The buildup to war in Ukraine might as well have happened in the 1930s
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6 min readFeb 25, 2022
Here’s what Vladimir Putin would like you to believe:
Ukraine is not really a country, and Ukrainian-ness is not a real thing. The area has always been part of Russia, and should be again. Russian-speaking separatists in eastern…