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Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years

  • Written by Juris Pupcenoks, Associate Professor of Political Science, Marist College
Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 yearsThe destroyed fuel station in Stoyanka, Ukraine. Putin has been laying the rhetorical groundwork for the invasion of Ukraine for years. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images

As the invasion of Ukraine began in late February 2022, President Vladimir Putin offered several justifications for why Russia had no other option.

First: Russia needed to fight the...

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