MOSCOW (AP) — Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen.”
Russia could gained control of the remaining ethnically russian regions, of important mining areas and pipeline routes. And stopped. It was the obvious winning strategy.
Then it could wait a couple of years and repeat, steadily increasing its power in the region.
Like fools, they they give in to international pressure/expectations and rolled on into west ukraine. There’s no strategic sense in it.
I’m still shocked. What happened was stupid.
Russia could gained control of the remaining ethnically russian regions, of important mining areas and pipeline routes. And stopped. It was the obvious winning strategy.
Then it could wait a couple of years and repeat, steadily increasing its power in the region.
Like fools, they they give in to international pressure/expectations and rolled on into west ukraine. There’s no strategic sense in it.