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As if the broiling global tensions were not enough, the recent verbal spat between the US president Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky has added another layer of complexity to the ongoing aggression.

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It is no mystery that Putin, the Russian president, has been the prime aggressor in the Russia-Ukraine war. The nonchalant stance of the despot has imperilled the security and sovereignty of Ukraine while creating a humanitarian crisis by killing countless people, injuring more, and razing buildings to the ground—all for the sake of his unfounded claims on Ukrainian territory. Against this background, it won't be wrong to say that Russia and Ukraine are not just two landmasses at war; they represent two starkly different ideas. The Russia-Ukraine war is also a war between neo-imperialism and expansionism on one hand, and democracy and sovereignty on the other.