Russia is already one of the largest geographic countries in the world.. why do they need MORE land? the cities have been destroyed and the people have been killed or fled. What is the point? more land? None of this makes any sense.
Two Words: MONROE DOCTRINE
“Russia is already one of the largest geographic countries in the world.. why do they need MORE land? the cities have been destroyed and the people have been killed or fled. What is the point? more land? None of this makes any sense.”
65% of Russia is in permafrost, no one lives there. Russia says stopping the years-long shelling of Russian speaking people is one excuse, a land buffer between Russia and NATO is another. I guess we’ll know Russia has enough land when they are stopped from taking more or stop taking more on their own. For now, Russia is expanding the land it controls.
Rashid considers the steps of Ukraine to be a primary invasion route from Europe. I'm talking about the same Europe that has invaded Russia multiple times in the past 200 years. They want strategic depth with NATO and the Ukraine becoming part of NATO would leave western Russia open to invasion along the flat Ukrainian steppe and vulnerable to first missile strikes.
The US got all bent out of shape about Russian missiles in Cuba.
None of that makes any sense to me.
“Russia is already one of the largest geographic countries in the world.. why do they need MORE land? the cities have been destroyed and the people have been killed or fled. What is the point? more land? None of this makes any sense.”
Prior to the war, Putin listed 4 points that he wanted taken care of in Ukraine, and seizing land for Russia was NOT one of them. After the Neocons started the war, then objectives change as Russian costs go up - so, yes, Russia will have a nice new chunk of real estate when this war ends, probably this year if Jan and Feb are any clue.