While many in the coming days will be summarizing the key moments of the three years of the Russia-Ukraine War, I will focus on the core reasons the war started, reveal what could have been done to prevent it, and point out how key Western and Ukrainian leaders refused every opportunity to bring this destructive war to an end since 2022.
The key lesson learned: the abject failure of Western diplomacy is the primary reason why we’re “celebrating” the three-year anniversary of a war that should never have been fought.
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Daniel
Davis
Senior Fellow & Military Expert
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