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Why did Putin's Russia invade Ukraine?

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Russia has repeatedly painted modern Ukraine as a Nazi state, in a crass distortion of history.

Putin has long questioned Ukraine 's right to exist, claiming that "modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia " The Russian leader has long sought to get rid of Ukraine 's elected pro-Western president, and Zelensky was apparently a target from the very start of the war.

Nato has provided security assistance and training to Ukraine , but it insists that does not make it a party to the war.

Putin 's grievance against Nato dates back to 1990 , when he claims the West promised not to expand "an inch to the West" At the start of the 2022 invasion, Putin vowed to protect people in occupied areas of eastern Ukraine from eight years of Ukrainian "bullying and genocide".

Putin appears to believe Ukraine should remain in Russia 's sphere of influence.

From 1922-91 Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and many Ukrainians speak Russian .

Crimea was annexed by Catherine the Great in 1783 and handed to Ukraine by Khrushchev in 1954 .

Since 1991 Ukraine has been an independent state since 1991 .

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