<h1 class="legacy">Why did Russia invade Ukraine?</h1>
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Memorial tanks at the Ukrainian Motherland Monument in Kyiv.
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<span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/kathryn-david-1324884">Kathryn David</a>, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/vanderbilt-university-1293">Vanderbilt University</a></em></span>
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