> wanted the entirety of ukraine as a buffer zone like belarus > probably wanted to adopt ukranians into the russian army bolstering his army and fucking with nato or smaller baltic countries > fucked up because he surrounded himself with yes men who told him they were ready > cant back down now > trying to look strong long enough until he snuffs it of old age because hes a manlet afraid to be shredded by his own civilians > west isn't taking the bait of putting boots on the ground as much as he wants it > keeps pushing the lines of fucking with western communications, getting north korea involved, now dropping icbm's > will probably continue to do dumbshit to bait western powers if he continues to lose > ukraine will probably try to hold the lines knowing their economy is backed and russias isnt
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