Drums of War

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Good overview of many of yesterday’s event and reactions:

Heather Cox Richardson

February 22, 2022 (Tuesday) Today Russian president Vladimir Putin said he’s recognizing the full territories claimed by the upstart governments of Ukrainian eastern provinces Luhansk and Donetsk. Josh Kovensky of Talking Points Memo points out that since those governments only control about a third and a half of the territory, respectively, in those provinces, this recognition would mean that Ukraine is occupying land that belongs to those breakaway regions. Today, the European Union led the …