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{{Cquote|[[Zelensky]]'s decree of March 24, 2021 for the [[Azov_Battalion#Maidan_regime|reconquest]] of [[Crimea]] and the [[Donbass]] was the real trigger for the [[SMO]]. From that moment on, the Russians understood that if there was [[military]] action against them, they would have to intervene. But they also knew that the cause of the Ukrainian operation was [[NATO]] membership, as [[Oleksei Arestovitch]] had explained.<ref>[https://youtu.be/jC3aeTu0N3c Alexey Arestovich interview (18 March 2019)]</ref> That is why, in mid-December 2021, they were submitting proposals to the [[USA]] and NATO on extending the Alliance: their aim was then to remove Ukraine's motive for an offensive in the Donbass.
{{Cquote|[[Zelensky]]'s decree of March 24, 2021 for the [[Azov_Battalion#Maidan_regime|reconquest]] of [[Crimea]] and the [[Donbass]] was the real trigger for the [[SMO]]. From that moment on, the Russians understood that if there was [[military]] action against them, they would have to intervene. But they also knew that the cause of the Ukrainian operation was [[NATO]] membership, as [[Oleksei Arestovitch]] had explained.<ref>[https://youtu.be/jC3aeTu0N3c Alexey Arestovich interview (18 March 2019)]</ref> That is why, in mid-December 2021, they were submitting proposals to the [[USA]] and NATO on extending the Alliance: their aim was then to remove Ukraine's motive for an offensive in the Donbass.
The reason for the Russian [[Special Military Operation]] (SMO) is indeed the protection of the [[population]]s of Donbass; but this protection was necessary because of [[Kiev]]'s desire to go through a confrontation to enter NATO. The extension of NATO is therefore only the indirect cause of the conflict in Ukraine. The latter could have spared itself this ordeal by implementing the [[Minsk Agreements]]—but what we wanted was a defeat for Russia.}}
The reason for the Russian [[Special Military Operation]] (SMO) is indeed the protection of the [[population]]s of [[Donbass]]; but this protection was necessary because of [[Kiev]]'s desire to go through a confrontation to enter NATO. The extension of NATO is therefore only the indirect cause of the conflict in Ukraine. The latter could have spared itself this ordeal by implementing the [[Minsk Agreements]]—but what we wanted was a defeat for Russia.}}