Goading Russians is a bit more work than that. If the Russians just lashed out in an agry fashion in response to Ukrainian provocations, Kyiv would have been flattened by strategic bombing long ago.
Biden is the one who goaded the Russians.
“Kyiv would have been flattened by strategic bombing long ago.”
Except we all know that’s not true, because the Russians are afraid to fly over Ukrainian airspace and lose more of their planes to Uke air defense.
Goading Russians is a bit more work than that. If the Russians just lashed out in an agry fashion in response to Ukrainian provocations, Kyiv would have been flattened by strategic bombing long ago.
And Crimea would be flattened by NATO missiles launched by Ukraine and Russian boys flattened under hundreds of NATO tanks in Ukrainian hands, etc. Putin is doing all he can right now. Anything more escalation by the Kremlin just removes barriers to NATO aid for Ukraine.
Russia has lost the shooting war and now will go all in on forcing Ukraine to surrender diplomatically via the work of a Fifth Column in the west.
Provocations - that’s the language from Soviet newspapers, “Andy Jackson” whoever the hell you are.