Putin's aggression in Crimea in 2014 helped create a sense of Ukrainian national purpose that strengthened Ukrainian determination to resist in 2022, paradoxically making Putin's own strategy self-defeating.

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Bill Burns

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Putin, through his aggression in Crimea in 2014, helped create a sense of Ukrainian national purpose that didn't exist, um, you know, in the same way before that, too

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William J. Burns: America in a World of Upheaval | Foreign Affairs InterviewForeign Affairs
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:13 PM

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