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2024-02-15 22:09:36 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8B8F248382D7E9650835300EE4F7F223B8E0A6A4590E9ED47969277D49D125F2
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Russia initiated the war in Ukraine. The war began 12 April 2014, when a fifty-man commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin (Strelkov) seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-russia-falsely-blames-ukraine-for-starting-war/a-60999948 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/11/21/russias-igor-strelkov-i-am-responsible-for-war-in-eastern-ukraine-a41598
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