@no1marauder said
Seems like a lot of posters here are convinced Putin is intent on, at the very least, bringing the entire past territory of the USSR under his control, if not marching to the English Channel.
But if that's his intent, why didn't he launch a full scale military assault on the Ukraine in 2014 when that country had violently overthrown a supposedly pro-Russian elected Pre ...[text shortened]... in the Crimea that year.
Putin's been in power since 2000 after all; what's he been waiting for?
Could be economic. Covid killed a lot of economies. Maybe the land grab is a way of getting money, bread basket of Europe and all that.
