2025-08-27
So just what is the history behind the war in the Ukraine?
Ukraine used to be a major part of the USSR, and was well-linked within the USSR to Russian industries.
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, Ukraine continued its close links.
But western interests had other ideas and wanted Ukraine to (eventually) join the EU and NATO.
Former member of Swiss strategic intelligence, intelligence and terrorism specialist and incorrigible "conspiracy theorist" Jaques Baud talks us through the resulting events leading into Mr Putin's special military operation.
"In 1991 Crimea was detached from Ukraine following a plebiscite and became the Autonomous Socialist Republic of Crimea ... "
There's much here that we have probably not been told previously!
It's your view that counts.
(1 hr 57 mins)
