5. Plokhy compares the 2014 annexation of Crimea to the 1930s policy of appeasement, criticizing the West’s inadequate response. He discusses the Minsk agreements as a Russian tool to destabilize Ukraine and explains how NATO’s fear of escalation allowed

5. Plokhy compares the 2014 annexation of Crimea to the 1930s policy of appeasement, criticizing the West’s inadequate response. He discusses the Minsk agreements as a Russiantool to destabilize Ukraine and explains how NATO’s fear of escalation allowed Putin to solidify control over Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. (5)

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