Fact check: Russia falsely blames Ukraine for starting war

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Title: Fact check: Russia falsely blames Ukraine for starting war
URL: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-russia-falsely-blames-ukraine-for-starting-war/a-60999948
Publisher: DW (Deutsche Welle)
Date published: March 4, 2022
Description:

Maria Zakharova’s claim that Ukraine started this war is false. The Russian Federation illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, sparking broad international condemnation. On February 21, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine from the north, northeast, and from the Crimean Peninsula in the south, initiating a full-scale interstate war between Russia and Ukraine.