The Western World's Disconnect From Reality - The Result of the Russia/Ukraine War

In February 2022, the Russian army launched an invasion of sections of Ukraine. This occurred after almost a year of pronouncements, warnings and menacing maneuvers by the Russians near the Ukrainian border.

The warnings and pleas from Russia for the West to refrain from a NATO-style militarization of Ukraine went unheeded by some Western nations as well as by the current government of Ukraine. The presence of a well-armed and potentially hostile force between them and the Black Sea, which threatens access to their only warm water ports, had been deemed intolerable by four centuries of Russian leaders.