With an ever-expanding NATO and a Russia poised to solidify its position in a world increasingly defined by multipolarity, the working class has suffered at the hands of competing capitalist interests. — Following Russia’s recognition of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), the declaration of a so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine occurred. Russian troops invaded from the Donbas in the east and Belarus in the north of the country on February 24, 2022. …