Russia's War Against UkraineAn examination of the causes of the Russian invasion and its implications for the future In February 2022, Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine, a fellow East Slav state with much shared history. Russia's War Against Ukraine by Mark Edele, a world authority on the history of the Soviet Union, explains why and how this conflict came about. He considers competing historical claims and arguments with authority and lucidity. His primary focus,