Russia’s war goals in Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9640887 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David R Marples (University of Alberta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 207-219 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Slavonic Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-5006 • E-ISSN: 2375-2475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00085006.2022.2107837 |
| OpenAlex | W4295022813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 2 |
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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| Citations per year | 4.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |