‘It Could Have Been Avoided’ — Daniel McAdams on Ukraine Crisis

“Russia’s wide-ranging assault on Ukrainian military targets in the early hours of the morning has surprised Western capitals even as they repeatedly predicted an imminent attack. Propaganda machines on all sides are turned up to maximum,” says the Ron Paul Peace Institute (RPI). Could all of this have been avoided? Who is really responsible for this fatal breakdown in diplomacy? Daniel McAdams, the Director at RPI speaks to RT International and assesses the Western influence on the crisis.