Can we please stop saying the Ukraine war was “unprovoked”?

With the startling admissions from Merkel, Hollande and Poroshenko, the evidence now is overwhelming that the West has been planning and provoking the war in Ukraine for many years.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande (L) and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to media after their meeting in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, August 24, 2015. Source: Reuters

When President Vladimir Putin launched his ”Special Military Operation” in February 2022, the Western media all announced in unison that the invasion was “unprovoked”. The White House…