Redigerer Den russisk-ukrainske krisen 2021–2022 (avsnitt)

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Den rådende fremstillingen i det offisielle Russland i forbindelse med invasjonen var at det er ny-nazister som styrer dagens Ukraina, ifølge forskeren Seva Gunitsky til vox.com.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.vox.com/2022/2/24/22948944/putin-ukraine-nazi-russia-speech-declare-war|tittel=Putin’s “Nazi” rhetoric reveals his terrifying war aims in Ukraine|besøksdato=28. mars 2022|forfattere=Zack Beauchamp|dato=24. februar 2022|forlag=Vox.com|sitat=Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his version of an answer in his televised speech Wednesday night, announcing a “special military operation” whose “goal is to protect people who have been abused by the genocide of the Kyiv regime for eight years.” Ultimately: “We will strive for the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine, as well as bringing to justice those who committed numerous bloody crimes against civilians.”}}</ref> [[Volodymyr Zelenskyj]] er av [[jødisk]] opphav og mistet slektninger under holocaust og avviser noen nazi-tilknytning.   Vestlig presse peker på at det ikke har pågått noe folkemord i Ukraina etter uavhengigheten fra Sovjetunionen.<ref>{{Kilde artikkel|tittel=Why is Russia invading Ukraine and what does Putin want?|verk=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589|dato=2022-02-25|forfatter=Paul Kirby|språk=en-GB|besøksdato=2022-02-25|sitat=Many of President Putin's arguments were false or irrational. He claimed his goal was to protect people subjected to bullying and genocide and aim for the "demilitarisation and de-Nazification" of Ukraine. There has been no genocide in Ukraine: it is a vibrant democracy, led by a president who is Jewish. "How could I be a Nazi?" said Volodymr Zelensky, who likened Russia's onslaught to Nazi Germany's invasion in World War Two. Ukraine's chief rabbi and the Auschwitz Memorial have also rejected Mr Putin's slur. (...) Russia has long resisted Ukraine's move towards the European Union and the West's defensive military alliance, Nato. Announcing Russia's invasion, he accused Nato of threatening "our historic future as a nation".|}}</ref>

Ifølge en artikkel i den amerikanske næringslivsavisen ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' var den reelle begrunnelsen for Putins fokus på Ukraina hans frykt for at en vellykket utvikling av landet ville føre til krav om tilsvarende i Russland.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vladimir-putins-20-year-march-to-war-in-ukraineand-how-the-west-mishandled-it-11648826461|tittel=Vladimir Putin’s 20-Year March to War in Ukraine—and How the West Mishandled It|besøksdato=21. juli 2022|forfattere=Michael R. Gordon, Bojan Pancevski, Noemie Bisserbe og Marcus Walker|dato=1. april 2022|forlag=The Wall Street Journal|sitat=“He then became a fervent nationalist,” said Mr. Heusgen. “His great anxiety was that Ukraine could become economically and politically successful and that the Russians would eventually ask themselves ‘Why are our brothers doing so well, while our situation remains dire?’ ”}}</ref>