Letter Discusses Russian Empire History and Context of Ukraine War

other · Russia, Ukraine

A letter to the editor provides a historical overview of the Russian Empire's expansion and critiques analyses that focus solely on US-NATO provocations in the Ukraine war without considering Russian motivations and history of imperialism.

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• “Colonial History... Russia was the Eastern Front, the largest and deadliest theatre of WW2 in Europe... The Ukrainian war is the latest act in Russia’s colonial expansion and has been undertaken completely for domestic reasons.” — The Islands Grapevine – January 8th, 2026 (January 8th, 2026)

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