Strongly disagree with this. This war did not happen because NATO "drew Putin's rage". It started in 2014 because Putin didn't want to see Ukraine join the EU. And when Putin invaded in 2022, Ukraine had no chance of joining NATO.

Please stop buying into this story!! https://t.co/K9IpG3IUtv

— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) March 24, 2022

This is mostly correct, and moreso than I myself believed a month ago.