I think a number of factors came into play. I think he saw Ukraine moving inexorably to the west, to Europe, and he saw nothing that was going to interrupt that process.
Antony Blinken: “I think a number of factors came into play. I think he saw Ukraine moving inexorably to the west, to Europe, and he saw…”
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Blinken discusses factors influencing Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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