Excuses for the War

It’s always important to examine how nations excuse wars of aggression, especially when it comes to young people. These people will fight and die in wars, and they will also live with the consequences. So, this was not a surprise. If there is something Russians are very good at, it is creating a national mythology.

I will point out every nation has national myths. So it’s not just a Russian thing. They are just exceptionally talented at this:

Putin’s assistant, Vladimir Medinsky, inspired a three-volume textbook, “Military History of Russia”, designed for secondary school students, cadets of the Suvorov and Nakhimov schools, and cadet classes.

It is clear that the beginning of the so-called “SVO” is explained there in the spirit of “and now I will tell you where the attack on Russia was being prepared from.”

“ At the beginning of 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and nationalist battalions were ready to start a forceful “cleansing” of Donbas. At the same time, NATO rejected Moscow’s proposals for mutual security guarantees. It was clear that only a few days remained before the start of a new punitive operation against Donbas. In order to prevent the death of tens of thousands of civilians and ensure the protection of the people of Donbas from genocide by the Kiev authorities. Russian President V.V. Putin decided to start a special…