Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-03-06 05:33:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5B764E2A82B9118D010704A14FCCC2E2D48AA3D57FED124227EA03BE608E7813
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Original Note:
NATO has never initiated attacks against Russia. Ukraine hadn’t been granted a Membership Action Plan (MAP), crucial toward accession, by 2022, & didn’t qualify b/c of border disputes. Putin said Ukraine is an artificial state, & Russian, justifying invasion. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_24733.htm https://www.ft.com/content/053c369e-0903-4062-a910-20d5dd31827f https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2024/11/taking-the-pulse-would-freezing-ukraines-nato-membership-process-advance-peace?lang=en https://www.nato.int/cps/ra/natohq/115204.htm https://afsa.org/did-nato-expansion-really-cause-putins-invasion https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-history-lecture-reveals-his-dreams-of-a-new-russian-empire/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseih/2020/07/01/there-is-no-ukraine-fact-checking-the-kremlins-version-of-ukrainian-history/
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