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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Daniel Keane

Why have Vladimir Putin and Russia decided to invade Ukraine?

The world watched on in horror on as the first Russian bombs obliterated buildings in major Ukrainian cities on Thursday morning – plunging Europe into its most serious crisis since the Second World War. It marked the culmination of eight years of Russian aggression against its neighbour and weeks of failed diplomatic efforts.

But as Russian troops stream across the border and Ukrainian families huddle in abandoned metro stations, the question on the mind of many remains: why?

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