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Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years

  • Written by Juris Pupcenoks, Associate Professor of Political Science, Marist College
imageThe destroyed fuel station in Stoyanka, Ukraine. Putin has been laying the rhetorical groundwork for the invasion of Ukraine for years. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images

As the invasion of Ukraine began in late February 2022, President Vladimir Putin offered several justifications for why Russia had no other option.

First: Russia needed to fight the...

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