Comments by "DonXardas" (@DonXardas) on "Have Ukraine and NATO Fallen Out?" video.

  1.  @pancakes3250  1. NATO expansion was a reason for the war, but by far not the main one. The lesser reasons were NATO expansion, protection of russian speaking population (which yeah is actually a real thing, not that Putin actually cares about them) and denazification (which yeah you might not believe that but is a real problem in Ukraine, but once again not something Putin cares about). 2. Main reason were economic and political. In 2012-2014 right before Maidan there was a discovery of giant gas/coal reserves in the Donbass region. Yanukovitch, the president at that time, was talking to both Russia and EU about who gets the right to develop those. And he was leaning to the russian side, cause their offer was better. And then "suddenly" the Maidan started. After the revolution, the new ukrainian government, which was a bunch of for lack of better words "clinical idiots" broke a few agreements with Russia and provoked them even further. And they did manage to split their own people into two sides which started a civil war. Giving Putin all the excuses for the war. And on the political side Putin can use those lesser reasons to make him more popular.
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  2. No, they want to join NATO now. Have you listened to what they are saying? They are willing to start WW3.
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