RE: Is Russia about to invade Ukraine?
August 17, 2016 at 5:35 pm
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2016 at 5:37 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Because Ukraine continue to harbor hopes of joining NATO? And if Ukraine were to join NATO as a full member Russia's flank would be permanently turned and Russia's days as a power of any consequence in Europe is largely over?
I think any Russian leader with ambition to leave something of a lasting nationalistic legacy would be willing to pay quite a high price to reduce Ukraine to a Russian puppet state again.
I think any Russian leader with ambition to leave something of a lasting nationalistic legacy would be willing to pay quite a high price to reduce Ukraine to a Russian puppet state again.