[rmlew]

Putin felt he controlled Ukraine prior to 2014. He prefered indirect control and incrasing economic, military, and political ties to invasion. In 2014, the Ukranian people rose up against Putin and his puppet. It forced his hand early.
Putin called the fall of the USSR the worst thing in history. And prior to his war of conquest against Ukraine, Putin denied the legitimacy of an independent Ukraine.

[mass55th]

For someone who has been President of Russia since 2012, and wants to allegedly reunify the Soviet States, he doesn’t seem to be in too big of a hurry. The guy is 70 years old. Nobody, not even him knows how much longer he’ll be alive, so why hasn’t he been more aggressive over the past 10 years in achieving his so-called goal? You don’t seem to want to answer that question. He isn’t going to live forever.