Unless you have connections to that part of the world it is very difficult to unwrap the war and the lead up to it from the reports we get in the general media
I cant recall how I stumbled across this , I think the date of the talk is Sept 2013 , I was listening to it Feb/March 2022 and found it a WOW moment and a reminder there are often many sides to a story , its well over and hour long but feel its well worth a watch for those want to immerse themselves a bit more
I have watched a couple of his youtube talks posted since the invasion and very much dont agree with his comments on how things should have been handled post Russia invading in Feb last year , so I'm not pushing his point of view ad nauseum , just I liked a lot of his points from that talk and found it spooky how relevant it seemed to be 8 years later