UKEAINE -rial Myths and Full Invasion — Part Two - EUGENE-FINKEL

Modern Imperial Myths and Full Invasion — Part Two
Eugene Finkel, author of Intent to Destroy: Russia’s 200-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine, analyzes contemporary Russian aggression under Vladimir Putin, examining Putin’s pseudo-historical essay denying Ukrainian statehood, the 2014 annexation of Crimea, and the armed conflict instigated in the Donbas. Finkel highlights Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s political rise, Russian military brutality against civilians, Kremlin miscalculations before the full-scale 2022 invasion, and persistent Western misunderstanding of Moscow’s ideological drive to control sovereign Ukrainian territory. (2)