[tlozo]

What he wants is to destroy Ukraine's military, he thinks it's an existential threat to Russia.

In 2022 The Russian Army was listed at 1,346,221, Ukraine: 969,950.

So how exactly was Ukraine's military "an existential threat to Russia" especially when Ukraine in 2022 also had no navy and basically no air force?

[SaxxonWoods]

“So how exactly was Ukraine’s military “an existential threat to Russia” especially when Ukraine in 2022 also had no navy and basically no air force?”

Good question, you’d have to ask Putin that one. His demands for a buffer and no NATO membership for Ukraine point to worry about security.