Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
Russia’s invasion into Ukraine began with Ukraine’s shift in political orientation toward the European Union. Russia was threatened by Ukraine’s plan to join NATO.
Raymundus Rikang
April 18, 2022
IN November-December 2021, around 190,000 Russian soldiers were deployed near the Russia-Ukraine border. In early 2022, United States intelligence warned that Russia might be planning to invade its neighbor.
Russia denied the warning and claimed that the deployment was part of a military exercise with Belarus. “We’re not going to Ukraine,” Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Lyudmila Vorobieva, told Tempo on December 27, 2021. But
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