Russia Invaded Ukraine Because of NATO. 🇪🇺🇺🇦 

I remember there were youtubers after 2014 asking people on streets whether or not Ukraine should join NATO. And east region was mainly against this idea. Ironically, this region suffered most

Putin is NATOs best recruitment officer 🤣

Ukrainian population support for joining NATO: Before 2014: 15-25% After 2014: 40-60% After 2022: Over 80% Russia made Ukraine joining NATO a possibility themselves.

It’s one of putin’s lie. The same as denazification, demilitarization etc. One question which broke all reasons that putin said: “Why russia annexed 5 Ukrainian’s regions and wrote them down in it’s own constitution?”. It’s breaking international law, doesn’t it? Russia always fought for the new territories. Always. Just look at the map or open Wikipedia and check count of the last conflicts. There is no sense in looking for explanations in the actions of a maniac

The US is also bordering Russia.

As a Finnish guy who has lived in Sweden for nearly a decade i can confirm that joining NATO was not on the agenda of either country before Russia invaded Ukraine. But soon after that our leaders decided that we must join NATO for protection against possible future Russian aggression. And Finland basicly speedran through the joining process in record time. It took a lot longer for Sweden because of Turkey and Hungary. But yeah thanks to Russia NATO has 2 new members and more maybe on the way in the future. Stay safe out there Johnny.

Great segment. Ukraine was always interested in the EU for economic opportunities. The whole Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Serbia conflict was disastrous. Europe was in shock while humanitarian war crimes were happening much like the Holocaust. That's why America and NATO got involved. We are seeing it again in Ukraine. Taiwan has been trading partners and a friendly nation with America for a long time. The CCP aggression in the region is downright bullying. If the CCP just let Hong Kong continue doing what they have been doing for a century, then international business would continue to thrive. My understanding is that international businesses are shying away from Hong Kong now do the CCP.

5:15 NATO is solely a defensive military alliance and NATO can authorize use of force only if a member state is under attack. Which didn't happen in 1995, nor in 1999. In case of Yugoslavia and bombing in 1999 the UN Security Council could have ordered the use of force but it didn't happen because Russia and China would have been against it and you need approval from all 5 permanent members.

For f*** sake, Sarajevo was under siege for 4 years!!! FOUR YEARS.

NATO is not an aggressor. Russia is. Plain and simple.

I can still remember you and Ben walking around the city just before the invasion saying " Russia will never invade Ukraine " and the US kept saying oh yes he is going to invade lol. Oh how we miss the good O'le days. Stay safe my friend.

Thanks for the update Johnny. I did not know about the 1994 "treaty" that stated if Ukraine gave up it's nukes the US/UK gave assurances to Ukraine that they would provide aid in the case that Ukraine was attacked. Good stuff. Again, Thanks..

I will say otherwise. Until 2014, the majority of Ukrainians were against joining NATO, because they did not understand why they needed it and who could attack them. And after the occupation of Crimea and the invasion (by Russians without identifying military insignia) of Donbas, the majority of Ukrainians already saw that this was a necessary measure for security against further Russian aggression.

Just checking - are you ok? It does look like Russia is ramping up the bombing of Ukraine. It's not worth losing your life over vlogging - so at some point do consider whether you're staying....

From the Ukrainian point of view, we were already in nato before. To be more precise we had damn nuclear warheads and the most modern nuclear airplane in the world (still no better) but the Americans came and started pushing us to disarmament, supporting the idea of Russia. They ordered us to cut our powerful aviation to metal and put it on the open field that would fix the fact from the satellite, even the planes that were released in the same year we had to cut otherwise we were threatened with economic blockade, and the other part to give to Russia from these planes we are now being killed. And when Ukraine asked the US to help, we said that we gave you everything we had (our forces, nuclear arsenal), we could have destroyed half the world with this arsenal, but we got rid of it to live in peace and made the first step to this peace. For this we got talks about how many millions of liters of Ukrainian blood should be spilled so that the rest of the world could sleep peacefully, or suddenly escalate. We were even forbidden to destroy the airports where those damn OUR airplanes were stored in Russia, because damn EXCALATION. And if we hadn't given up our nukes? Do you think we'd be bombed now? I'm sure the whole world would be afraid of us and respect us and say don't excalate in front of Ukraine, or it might not like it. So there's only one lesson for us. Paper with treaties is worth nothing, it's toilet paper. Only the power to destroy our neighbors is valuable. PS: Yes, I realize that Ukrainians are fools themselves for agreeing to this offer. But we lived in a Soviet dictatorship and our leaders were Soviet clerks. Unfortunately, our society is still learning. PS2: Perhaps instead of talking we should have launched a nuclear weapon somewhere in neutral waters and then we would have been offered better terms instead of this crap we got.

Russia knew that Ukraine was making repeated requests for consideration to join NATO before 2014. I think that it is disingenuous to suggest the 2014 attack on Crimea was the catalyst for inspiring Ukraine to join NATO. It may have increased public support for joining NATO, but that is not what drove Russia to invade. Russia warned Ukraine not to even attempt to join NATO. Fair enough. Russia didnt want NATO on its doorstep. In reverse, no NATO country would allow any of its super-power enemies, to camp on ITS doorstep.

The Russian gangster state must not be allowed to spread!

Hey John, that’s really strange what you’re talking about how come you did not bring up the Minsk agreements do you know that the Minsk agreements was just a sham to build up an army in the Ukraine to overthrow Russia? Pretty much NATO really is the United States and the reason why Russia invaded the Ukraine is number one correct they wanted a gas pipeline that can run through the Ukraine, but that would also mean that NATO would be on Russia’s doorstep. Russia talked about the NATO expansion on its border, many many times which is technically the United States Pretty much this war is really the United States trying to topple Russia, but it will not work the United States NATO. North America is falling apart because of this stupid war that the United States has spent billions of dollars where they should be investing that money on people in North America not giving that idiot Zielenski billions of dollars so that Ukrainian army can go and die for the United States of America on a endless war they will not win . Your your little documentary is just brainwashing. You should do a documentary on when Russia invaded the Ukraine how is it that they found bio labs in the Ukraine you should also talk about the human trafficking ring you know the little tunnels they have underground in the Ukraine and you know the children are just exported out of the Ukraine or they went missing you should investigate that

You do great work Johnny

...except Sweden and Finland were not part of the Minsk Agreement. Ukraine was 😉

It is not Russias choice

Strange that they didnt invade Finland & Sweden who recently joined NATO.

Total nonsense

Thank you very much for this informative video, Johnny! It just so happens that I am writing my master thesis on the whole Russo/Ukrainian conflict, and I spend a lot of time debunking some of these common prorussian talking points. The most known is the NATO expansion outcry, which you touched upon, but also supposed genocide in the Donbas for straight 8 years. As someone who lives in the three seas region, I understand what the Ukrainians are going through, and I sincerely hope that the winds of change will also favor them in the near future. Stay safe, and thanks for your work!

you know what they say, opinions are like assh*les, everyone has one.

Russia has no excuse.

great video

nothing to do with nato. was never a threat to russia. russia just wanted ukraine's newly discovered oil. russia's losing geopolitical relevance and is desperate.

Just curious what college did you graduate from???

Ukraine wants to join NATO? What did the US Russia ambassador Michael McFaul said???? They lied to Ukraine about NATO membership. That the US would never take Ukraine into NATO. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Johny FD can you please explain to us the situation with reporters like Anne Laure Bonnel and the situation in Donbass after 2014? I am really trying to find out the truth, the actual truth. I really have my doubts because Ukraine used people like AZOV, especially Poroschenko to do their dirty work on people who where separatists. What really is the truth there? There are tons of videos that claim Ukraine basically acted cruel to people there.

I am glad that you set things right: Russia is to blame for NATO's existence and Russia is to blame for NATO's expansion

Johnny, I hope you are okay, knowing what the damn Russians have done over the last week.

NATO....😊

Russia had taken Crimea, and parts of Donbas

TY for the upload Johnny

All of my favorite countries Estonia🇪🇪, Latvia🇱🇻, Lithuania🇱🇹, Ukraine🇺🇦 and Finland🇫🇮 border Russia🇷🇺.

I respect you and your opinion, but I disagree for the following reasons. I was serving in West Germany when we, the US and NATO, promised that if West Germany and East Germany could unite, NATO would not expand to the east. This was important because we had treaties in place limiting the range of our land-based missiles to 500 kilometers. NATO violated that promise with each new nation that joined the NATO “defensive alliance”. Each country that continues to join NATO, is another 100, 200 or more kilometers closer NATO’s missiles get to Russia, who happens to be a freakin nuclear power. Why was it necessary for ANY of the countries that joined NATO after 1989 to join? It wasn’t necessary. Ukraine is the victim in this power struggle between the US and Russia. Further, after this conflict is over, watch what Blackrock and the other western oligarchs do to the Ukrainian people. You should look up the term REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust). They are going to do everything in their power to “legally” evict every Ukrainian from the apartments they received after the Soviet Union dissolved. It will be shameful what will happen.

16:16 do you hear it too? 😂

Jeffery Sachs would not agree with you.

You turned your channel into a political statement love Ukraine 🇺🇦 but miss your vlogs for adventure you have got boring hope you return to johnny again the adventurous

Very true Johnny.

Kiev was attacked today. Hope you are okay Johnny.

This presentation, today, greatly impressed me, Johnny. I have never seen this side of you. Very nice job. Please do more of this type (teaching). I reposted this hoping others will bother to learn.

Kokot...

Dude u wrong ,dude u naive quisling your dude thought 3 days to Kiev freed people know

I think you made a good video summarizing the when and why of the war in Ukraine! And after going on for more than 2 years I suppose another generation of young adults around the world are getting aware of the issue and want some guidance. This video can help.

If putin really cared about the safety of Russians people and Russia as a whole. Putin wouldn't always talk about nuclear war 😮😂

"we break down why these trolls might be correct" great intro mate. This has been a debate in foreign policy going all the way back to the early 2000's. It's a fact that the US had intentions to bring Ukraine to it's own side and I personally think they failed to look at their own mistakes regarding Georgia in respects to their strategy. World Powers will always compete and protect their own interests and with this frame of mind it's easy to understand what led to the escalation from both perspectives.

Yeah you lying you don't really know what you talking about

Didn't Putin want to join NATO at one point back in the the early 2000s? I try not to follow the news it's just nothing but depressing so I don't really know what goes on.

I am from srilanka.where is kristina is she safe (because of your channel I could learn little bit english I never forget both of you❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏)

Slava Russia 😉 Z yraaa

The headline is a complete fib and I am sure you know it.

good work on this video.. i am from the Netherlands and i also live and work in Kyiv and try to explain this exact story to my western friends all the time, its a bad thing how opinions can differ so much about Ukraine and Russia in the modern western countries

Since the turn of the 21st century, things have really changed, got far more complicated. Promises don't mean much, or as much, as they once did. So much for "guarantees" of safety, national security when one country cannot abide by what that promised. Hopefully this comment is generic enough to stay put. The people of Ukraine deserve to live, in peace, and in a whole country.

Serbia was involved in wars against Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia also attacked the Albanian population of Kosovo ( 95% of the population of Kosovo are Albanians). The last Serbian attack against the Albanians triggered a war against the USA & NATO which resulted in the NATO bombing of Serbia & Montenegro. The Serbs have never forgiven the US & NATO in stopping the Serbian attempt to ethnically cleanse Kosovo.

Excellent - Johnny 5 stars

Is that what was suppose to happen to georgia? Or how bout crimea that was previously ukraines

Outstanding: that was so informative dear Johnny. I love your channel so much.

Good analysis!

Hands down best video by Johnny FD. So much work and editing. 10/10. Something that should be played at schools and universities.

If ukraine accepted istanbul peace agreement no war will be there and Ukraine rajected it.

How do you explain CIA bases in Ukraine which America has admitted being there for at least 10 years? Do you just ignore that fact and think they were planting flowers all those years there?

I used to enjoy your videos. I don’t anymore. I’ve bet you’ve lost a lot of subscribers….

Johnny I will have to say this..... I have to move because of a family dispute and the inflation weakened me financially but I know it is no fun being bombed by the Russians so take care and God Bless. My only advice is that if you ever have a daughter teach her to have a "Will" and know her rights so her only Son isn't run over by his daddy or sister after her death. Let's leave my situation simply at that because that is the root of my problem. God Bless you and everyone in the Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Israel 🇮🇱. I love ❤️ some Russians so please understand that as well. The Wars have to stop as soon as possible with no one suffering in the process to a large extinct. I have to move and hopefully prior to September 12th. Hopefully October will be a better month for God Sakes. Your friend. -Cliff

Nato Armed Ukraine to bomb Russia. You are misinformed.

Johnny, starting this war was horrific. Things like this is why Im against nation states and nationalism. But you know that great powers don't accept military alliances in their backyard. The US wouldn't accept a China-Mexico military alliance. Also, I feel like you're not addressing the fact, or just being up front about that many people in the Donbas are pro Russian and saw Maidan as a coup. Anyways, I'm against this war, and I think it was a horrific decision to start it. But I just like people to be forthcoming about all the facts instead of biasing.

Ukraine wouldn't need to enter NATO if Belarus wasn't part of CSTO.

Ok, but there was not a problem until Ukraine got rid of its Netrural leaders. Sweden had peace anyway and they were Netural.

Very well articulated. 👍👍👍

There is only one person responsible for NATO growing... Thank you Mr Putin, NATOs best salesman two years in a row! You should be congratulated for making NATO, larger, stronger, more prepared, better armed and more galvanised than at any time in the last 50 years.🤔😂 Your efforts have also completed the NATO fence along Russias European border from the Black Sea to the Arctic and made the Baltic into a NATO pond! 🤔😂 Thank you Mr Putin. 😉

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No one wants a non independent Ukraine . In my opinion, it’s one of the best countries in the world . The reason of this war was clear : to get rid of the actual Ukrainian government and make Ukraine a satellite state . However , the expansion of NATO during the 90s and the first decade of the XXI century was also a reason. I support the idea that in International relations there’s no “black and white conclusions “ : there’s a huge plethora of reasons, interests and conflicts . During the 1999 NATO expansion even George Kenan ( former Secretary of State ) warned everyone about the risk ( New York Times article , 1997). We should be speaking about how we will reach peace and the future relations with Russia ( cause even if Russia is defeated , we will have a Russian state and a Russian president : Russians will not disappear and the relationship of this country with their neighbors will be determined by the resolution of the security scheme in Eurasia. I just wish the best for my loved Ukraine , which I’ll visit again in winter. We need , as Kissinger said , “ actions from statesman, durable and effective, guaranteeing and protecting “.

Ukraine was attacked already and occupied for 8 years.... everyone is forgetting this ..... Free as Belarus as Georgia as armenia, as Oezbe, as all those former russian republics.

Before 2014 my family said its a big joke about joining NATO, like... "wtf, we dont need that, stupid idea and noone cares about NATO in our country." Now we obviously understand that its not stupid idea. I think we just wanted to be like a Swiss. Absolute neutral country. But... russian can't imagine their existance without their "father" Ukraine, who just created them. Exactly Ukrainian ancestors sent civilization to russian lands in Middle Ages, exactly Ukrainian politician influenced in russian empire creation, exactly Ukraine shared with russia their country name "Russia", because "Rus" is exactly an ancient Ukrainian country name, that translated in Greek - "Rossia", exactly how "Russia" is pronounced in Cyrillic. And because of many many lies by russia for couple of centuries, they can't imagine their existence without whom they based their lies on, otherwise noone will understand what their country is based on - no own culture, no own language(russian language were created in Kyiv based on Slavic Bulgarian language), no own history(the main history chronology is based on Ukraine, they ignore the history of lands they are owning today, they prefer talking about Ukrainian history that they appropriating to themselves)

From someone around in the subject for decades, its true, uf NATO would have kept their word , we would not be seeing this horrible slaughter. Heart breaking. Telling history doesn't make one a troll and it's that attitude which condoms censorship.

Stay safe, johnny.

Thank you Johnny, take care and be safe 💙💛💙💛🇺🇦🙏♥️🇺🇸✌🌻

Its to bad that Putin will be remembered for all the wrong reasons....so sad death and destruction...Russia will feel this Mistake , for the next 30 years. God bless Ukrane, and keep her safe. 😪

Johnny FD --(Johnny be good?) - I've not seen this side of you - e.g. : Commenting on political and ecological issues - especially in Ukraine - but comes Hell and High Water - Johnny you you did it - more ::🤓🤓😎😎🥸🥸💀☠

Bad vid name and intro. Sounds just like Kremlin talking points even though your vid dispels that notion. Better to have an accurate title and intro. Word to the wise.

Russia invaded Ukraine because Russia wants to return all former USSR republics into some kind of "federation" or "union". Putin had this plan from the very start - from when he became the president. In some countries they plan to achieve it peacefully - e.g. Belarusian dictator Lukashenko makes sure Belarus is aligned with Russia in all questions (culture, traditions, language, history textbooks, same heroes, etc). Belarusian opposition and patriots are forced to flee their country and country is slowly transformed into small copy of Russia and will be integrated into Russia. In Ukraine this scheme will not work. They planned to federalise Ukraine and to keep it in Russian orbit under the threat of partitioning. Ukraininas obviously do not want it. When Russia started aggression in 2014 it became obvious that to survive Ukraine should rely on NATO countries. When Russia failed to take half of Ukraine under control in 2014 in a proxy way it became obvious there will be a full-scale invasion in future.

Thank you so much for this much needed video Johnny. You did an excellent job putting things in perspective!

Wow what a great summary of the history of Russian agression! THANK YOU from Canada❤

pretty good take on things.

Watching this video makes me think how far went technology in these years. Average youtuber makes far better videos on his phone than US government was making its official videos 30 years ago

Very informative and nicely produced! Слава Україні

Hi johnny, we appreciate your intellectual honesty

Good summary 👌 Agree with all you said. We met in Budapest in 2022 in front of the Russian Embassy when the war broke out

Hello, Before the 1999 bombings, the Serbs didn't kill Bosnians. The Serbs killed Bosnians in the Yugoslav civil wars (1991-1995). In 1999 the Serbs killed Albanians, not Bosnians.

Johnny is not just a body but has a brain too. The total package

Russia started war? Remind me, who declared ATO(Anti-terrorist operation) in 6 april 2014?

Maybe you should dig deeper before commenting

Thank you for making this amazing documentary video with obviously great effort Johnny.🤩🤩

Great work

yeah, no shit

Every sovereign nation has the inherent right to decide what organizations to join or not join. Russia has no say in the matter. Russia invaded Ukraine not because of NATO, but because they thought they could get away with it. You are wrong, Johnny, just like you were wrong when you said there was only a 5% chance of Russia invading Ukraine.

Ukraine belongs to the Ukrainians. Let them decide what's best for them. BTW, great analysis. It makes perfect sense.

Great debunking, Johnny! This video has it all, a great troll silencer. You know your subject very well and clearly made an excellent content research and collection. FREE UKRAINE 🇺🇦 8:11 Boris Elstine was completely drunk again, on auto-pilot, Putin waiting somewhere, to use him as a big drunk key to power.