Blowing Up Ukraine - Yuri Felshtinsky, Michael Stanchev

RussiaÂ’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine came from nowhere? Felshtinsky and StanchevÂ’s gripping history chronicles UkraineÂ’s story from its origins to its modern day struggle to ward off Russian interference. A bestseller published after Russia annexed the Crimea in 2014 it predicted that the Russian invasion was but a matter of time and argued how it could have been avoided in order to avoid a nuclear conflict that could drag the world into a global war. This is a must-read for those who want to understand the background of the crisis and how we can move forward safely