“Russian idea of peace...pffft!”
This thing was triggered by the Ukraine taking advantage of the fall of the Soviets in 1991. It’s no different than the US civil war only the Russians waited until the local Ukrainees created a profit of the land. The only difference is thae the US south had an independently strong economy. The Ukraine at that time did the Russians a favor by running away. But that changed.
“In 1991 Ukraine was one of the poorest Soviet republics. Statistics for the time are notoriously uncertain, but the best ones available show Ukraine’s GDP at just $1,307 per capita. Only Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan lagged behind Ukraine; even Moldova and Turkmenistan, generally regarded as very poor Soviet republics, were ahead of Ukraine.”
wy69
I don’t think Russia will stop until Ukraine ‘s military is destroyed on the battlefield. I’m sure they have a ways to go before they achieve that goal.