I’ve spent a lot of time reading about the invasion of Ukraine since the day before it happened, listened to Putin and Lavrov (foreign minister) detail the operation, motives, and also Lavrov’s speech about the idea of global soveriengty (each nation deciding their own way, and national sovereignty without large countries dominating others. Also for the first 1 1/2 years or so read a lot of blow by blow war info, which I tired of. My .02 - Russia would have done better to git er done much quicker. But the reason they did not was to be careful to avoid civilian deaths. So that is admirable. From what I gather, Russia did not expect that the corrupt western countries, esp. the US, would continue to finance and arm Ukraine the way they have.
19 minute video, just starting but looks good. David Martin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TmktjA76508
COVID Select Committee Cover-up
“Russia did not expect that the corrupt western countries, esp. the US, would continue to finance and arm Ukraine the way they have.”
NOR, for the most part, did those western countries citizens...
But of note, the wests governments are practically at war legislatively, censorship, biologically and intimidationally with their own citizenry. Hmmm... I wonder why??? It’s a conundrum I tell you ;-)