Russia’s war goals in Ukraine

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ID9640887
AutoresDavid R Marples (University of Alberta, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume64
Fascículo2-3
Páginas207-219
Data de publicação2022-07-03
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCanadian Slavonic Papers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0008-5006 • E-ISSN: 2375-2475
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00085006.2022.2107837
OpenAlexW4295022813
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas2

The paper analyzes the reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It examines both the stated goals and the deeper reasons, noting that the invasion owes more to the imperialistic policies of the Russian leadership than a desire to remove a "neo-Nazi" government in Kyiv or to protect the quasi-states of Donetsk and Luhansk. It looks also at hostile Russian attitudes toward the European Union, NATO, and the United States and the importance of the capture of Mariupol as a pathway to Crimea. It observes that the attacks on civilians and atrocities that Russia has perpetrated to date reveal a desire to end Ukrainian statehood and expand further into territories of the former tsarist empire. The costs of the war and the economic limitations of Russia are likely to undermine such ambitions

Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · Government (linguistics · Nazism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Soviet union · Ukrainian · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · European Politics and Security · History · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics

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