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Russian President Vladimir Putin justified his full-scale invasion of Ukraine by saying that NATO had been aggressively expanding ever closer toward Russia over the last few decades, and he has long warned against further expansion.
In spite of his rhetoric, NATO has continued to creep further eastwards, with Finland joining NATO in April 2023 and Sweden joining in March 2024.
Nevertheless, Putin this week reiterated his threats to the West, vowing to go “to the end” in the war with Ukraine.
Defeat in Ukraine, Putin said, would mean “the end of the 1,000-year history of the Russian state. I think this is clear to everyone… Isn’t it better to go all the way, until the end?” he said.
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