Good read with facts and history, all lost on thoroughly propagandized Americans. Three big wars in a row now and Washington just dusts off the same twaddle to justify them. Those of us who remember Vietnam are sad we Americans seem to have forgotten what we learnt from that catastrophe. All Washington learned was to avoid significant American deaths and it didn't matter how much death and destruction its wars caused.
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis
The war in Ukraine is a multi-dimensional disaster, which is likely to get much worse in the foreseeable future: [nationalinterest.org]