How Langley views Ukraine in its plans for Russia
I remember the days when official US policy - and, thus, media coverage - regarding US Soviet relations went from detente (so called) to military, political, social and PR warfare. The apparent catalyst was the Soviet "invasion" of Afghanistan. I put the word in quotes because this was a much more complex phenomenon that was completely not the ridiculous parody that US propaganda portrayed, but I do not want to argue that here - I have another point to make. See this map of the USSR from the time: https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/soviet-union-map.htm Locate Afghanistan at the bottom. Note that it borders the Soviet Union on its south, adjoining three Soviet states - Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (now Turkmenistan), Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbekistan) and Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Kazakhstan). See this map of the Russian Federation today: https://www.google.com/maps/search/russian+federation%2Fukraine+map/@51.9559881,48.3860806,4.04z Locate Ukra