Interesting and insightful analysis. Just one note: Vladimir Putin has no intentions of restoring the Soviet Union. A Greater Russia, perhaps. The Ukraine as a client state, almost certainly. But all within a brutal and authoritarian capitalist regime.
Interesting from a psychological viewpoint. So far the pattern he seems to be following is encircling and moving refugees west. As he did in Syria. I have heard the he is not aiming at all of Ukraine, just the eastern slice and wishes to drive the Azov and other nazi groups into western Ukraine. He is aiming at forcing Ukraine to the negotiations table, which seems to be working on some level.
Interesting and insightful analysis. Just one note: Vladimir Putin has no intentions of restoring the Soviet Union. A Greater Russia, perhaps. The Ukraine as a client state, almost certainly. But all within a brutal and authoritarian capitalist regime.
Interesting from a psychological viewpoint. So far the pattern he seems to be following is encircling and moving refugees west. As he did in Syria. I have heard the he is not aiming at all of Ukraine, just the eastern slice and wishes to drive the Azov and other nazi groups into western Ukraine. He is aiming at forcing Ukraine to the negotiations table, which seems to be working on some level.