Haunted by history


With the Russia-Ukraine crisis in its sphere of concern, how far will the US go to protect its ‘allies’ now? – AFP

RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine may be a matter of deep concern to the international community but not surprising at all.

Didn’t Vladimir Putin’s Russia annex Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014? Wasn’t there continuing tension between the Kremlin and Kyiv which intensified after Ukraine became eager to be a part of Nato in the recent past?

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