Putin’s beef isn’t with Ukraine....it’s with the Eu/US/Nato’s Global Agenda push to gobble up nations on his area of influence. They went too far by going after Ukraine. Prior Ukraine being “neutral” was not an issues for Putin....simply was a buffer zone for him and they both traded and did business etc.
I’m livid with the EU and US they knew this would more than push Putin’s buttons....and as always they make a mess when they go too far and don’t know enough to back off.
Two opposing egos never get along very well. Tensions escalate needlessly. It could have been seen the other way too; Russia weighing on Kiev too much from the NATO point of view.
It had not been long enough since the USSR collapsed for the Bear’s ego wounds to be salved.
In the long run, God punishes all stubborn wickedness, and sin produces no profit.
Rather humorous that you think Putin is permitted an “area of influence,” but no one else.