Who, what, how, when, and why with the timelines can be difficult. There was a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and a continuation of the conflict in one form or another to the present day. Of course, we get to find out that America was arming Ukraine before Russia's special military operation while Russia was complaining about U.S. Military interference. Something they denied on the world stage as providing Russia with any form of provocation for their action. With one of the usual narratives of 'Unprovoked Russian Aggression' Blinken talks about what seems like another U.S. fairy tale along with possibly another fairy tale reason in an interview for NYT.