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demure · 781 days ago · link · · parent · post: Russia attacks Ukraine as Putin vows to ‘demilitarise’ neighbor
WSJ article on the first attacks, de-paywalled
The Russian leader railed against the eastward expansion of NATO in the decades since the 1991 collapse, saying Moscow had been faced with “deceit and attempts at pressure and blackmail.” He issued a pointed warning against any attempt to stop Russia’s move into Ukraine, saying Russia was “one of the most powerful nuclear powers in the world.”