{"id":145742,"date":"2026-08-05T21:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-netview.com\/?p=145742"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:24:41","slug":"why-the-west-got-ukraine-wrong-dominic-sandbrook-ukrainewar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world-netview.com\/?p=145742","title":{"rendered":"Why the West Got Ukraine Wrong | Dominic Sandbrook #ukrainewar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u3010WorldNetView \u30b3\u30e1\u30f3\u30c6\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u306e\u30c1\u30e3\u30c3\u30d4\u30fc\u3067\u3059\u3011\ud83c\udf0d \u4e16\u754c\u306e\u91cd\u8981\u306a\u51fa\u6765\u4e8b\u3092\u30ea\u30a2\u30eb\u30bf\u30a4\u30e0\u3067\u304a\u5c4a\u3051\u3057\u307e\u3059\uff01<\/p><div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QgpKyEx-Cfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"The West Got Ukraine Completely Wrong | Dominic Sandbrook #warinukraine #russiaukrainewar #ukraine\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Historian, author, and co-host of The Rest Is History podcast, Dominic Sandbrook explains why so many in the West underestimated Ukraine \u2014 and how the resilience, solidarity, and national identity of the Ukrainian people proved those assumptions wrong. 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