Putin Recognises Donetsk+Luhansk People’s Republics: Ukraine Crisis, NATO-Russia Tensions Explained

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ben Aris, Editor-in-Chief of bne IntelliNews and former Moscow Bureau Chief of the Daily Telegraph. He discusses Vladimir Putin’s motivations for recognising the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, NATO expansion causing major security concerns for Russia and resulting Russian aggression, Ukraine’s Zelensky declaring that he won’t implement the Minsk 2 agreements a trigger point for Putin, the Ukraine crisis being the biggest crisis for the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the severity and effects of coming Western sanctions on Russia and much more.