This is an extremely well-sourced interview with links supporting every point Baud makes about the conflict. I would call it "must reading" for anyone who wants to understand what is going on.
Two quotes:
Of course, Western historians ignore superbly that Crimea was separated from Ukraine by referendum in January 1990, six months before Ukrainian independence and under Soviet rule. In fact, it’s Ukraine that illegally annexed Crimea in 1995. Yet, western countries sanctioned Russia for that…
..since the early 2000s, the US has started to impose a “rules-based international order.” ... the US officially recognizes that there is only one China and that Taiwan is only a part of it, it maintains a military presence on the island and supplies weapons. Imagine if China would supply weapons to Hawaii (which was illegally annexed in the 19th century)!