A buffer against NATO which is proven over and over to be evil. Ukraine given two opportunities to not violate Minsk agreement
Natural resources in E Ukraine
access and control of Black Sea and trading ports
Historical abuse of Russian nationals in E Ukraine
People forget Ukraine, at the direction of NATO, amased huge army on Donbas border beginning of this year after bombing the area for the past 8 years
This ridiculous fantasy of Soviet Russia invading all the way to Ireland is a joke
Ukraine ( NATO) wanted a war a purposefully goaded to Russia into one when the useful idiots distracted by covid and George Floyd
Doing the same with China now via Taiwan
Originally Posted by Teal
Originally Posted by Tyrone
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
Clyde,
My opinion is that Putin will continue this invasion of other countries until he is stopped.
Why would that make sense for him?
Don't you think that would start WWIII? Do you think he wants to start WWIII? What would he gain from that?
Not picking a side - always said my interest was in how unit v unit fighting was going. Purely tactical - nothing strategic but -
IF Putin is fighting the globohomo in Ukraine and doesn't want it on his doorstep to Russia - how does stopping at Ukraine prevent that? What about the globohomo next door to that? If it's just about bio labs - why wouldn't the NWO open labs in the next country over?
I'm not saying he's rolling into France in 6 months (short of nuclear, I don't think he has the capability. Poland would put up a much more stout fight these days) but I don't think the idea he's there to stop western cultural decay from infecting Russia is 100% right because even if he did wipe Ukraine back to 1700 - the decay wasn't specific and contained in Ukraine - it's in every country on his border. Not just there.
So while I can understand some regional, strategic points for Russia regarding culture - I think there's more there than JUST the culture war.