Two conflicting #narratives of the #Ukrainian crisis have been a major factor in preventing its resolution. One, promoted by Washington and the #US-backed government in #Kiev, blames only “aggression” by the Kremlin and specifically by Russian President #Putin. The other, promoted by #Moscow and rebel forces in eastern Ukraine, which it supports, blames “aggression” by the European Union and $NATO, both inspired by #Washington. Cohen sees enough bad intent, misconceptions, and misperceptions to go around, but on balance thinks Moscow’s narrative, almost entirely deleted from US mass media, is closer to the historical realities of 2013–2014:

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Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan

The history of the Ukrainian crisis, which has made everything it affected worse, is distorted by political myths and American media malpractice.