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Large numbers of mothers and children, and even children without parents are now in refugee places in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Germany and even moving to much more distant places. It is very hard on families to be in so many strange places without their usual clothing, their usual food. Putin made a proposal that revealed historical grievances. It demanded that NATO withdraw military infrastructure placed in Eastern European states after 1997, the date of an accord signed between Russia and NATO that Moscow wants now as a starting point for a new security treaty. Before the invasion, the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded that NATO officially cancel a 2008 promise, known as the Bucharest Declaration, that Ukraine and Georgia would be welcomed into the alliance. The NATO chief invoked that declaration aftermeeting with Ukraine’s President Zelensky, saying the offer still stands. The proposal shows very different views in the United States and Russia on the military tensions over Ukraine. Russia has falsely insisted that the West has been creating the crisis by instilling anti-Russia sentiment in Ukraine, and by providing weapons. Russia falsely said Ukraine w as a critical threat to Russia’s security. The United States and European allies, in contrast, say Russia provoked the security crisis by recently placing tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s border. Soon the Russian proposals were accompanied by the massing of hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders. Now, following the launch of Russia’s full -scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the largest mobilization of forces Europe has seen since 1945 is under way. So far, Moscow has been denied the swift victory it anticipated.
A heroic leader in the resistance to Russian crimes against Ukraine is President Zelensky.
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