Plus if he was really worried about NATO and Ukraine being friends and a threat to Russia, going to direct war with them is the least rational response. If there "might" be a war, turning might into certainty is clearly not a good strategy. This tells me my explanation is probably closer to the truth.
I believe daddy issues and power trip explains it better than complicated 5D chess.
So tldr: was someone bombing Moscow? No. Then it's not important what was going on in Putin's head to justify whatever story he made to bomb Kyiv.
Inappropriate response of this type is not even terrorism, I would call it war crime.
Proportionality is important. Don't talk yourself into justifying actions of psycho murderers.
Russia made clear at the fall of communism that NATO must never push East. That was promised and then broken. NATO has aggressively pushed East for a long time. The ‘22 War never had to happen, NATO wanted it to, and scuppered peace talks. Putin is no Saint, but NATO is an aggressor. Ukraine is a very corrupt country, sadly being used and destroyed by Western countries hell bent on taking out Putin with no regard for Ukraine
Who started shooting? NATO or Putin?
Maybe reread what i wrote. NATO forced the Russians to act by scuppering the peace talks. This was the point. NATO wants War. Putin always said he won’t tolerate NATO pushing East. NATO are warmongers. Central banking Forever Wars.
What peace talks? There was no war.
Putin always said that he won't tolerate a free country to associate with whoever they want? And NATO is warmonger? I think the one that does not tolerate a free country to do whatever fuck they want on their territory and bombs it instead is a warmonger. Maybe the word means to you something else than to me.
Minsk peace accords scuppered by Johnson on orders from ‘America’. There could have been peace in ‘22 with no War. It was totally possible to have avoided this current War
It was very possible. Putin could have chosen not to invade.
It's quite strange how many complicated stories you have to invent to justify mass murder.
When the soldiers stay home, there's no war. When the border is respected, there's no war.
This war was entirely Putin's making. He gave the order.
Not as simple as that. Everything I’ve listened to, read, seems a general consensus that’s not the case. Anyway differing opinions but we both don’t want war period 🤝
Let's not overcomplicate things. He needed better survey results. Every time he conquered a chunk of Ukraine, his numbers shot up.
