Putin thought he was attacking the Ukrainian Army of 2014.
“Putin thought he was attacking the Ukrainian Army of 2014.”
Doubt it, but I don’t think he knew he was attacking a NATO Army.
Regardless, because of state of Ukraine’s army, Putin’s Special Military Operation is now TOTALLY JUSTIFIED in the eyes of Russians, along with the 80% of the world that DID NOT try to ‘sanction’ him.
tin would not have attacked the Ukrainian Army of 2014.
Putin has Asperger's, and Russia had absolutely no idea that Ukraine was modernizing, getting armed and trained by us, etc. What do you think is the probability that Russia actually knew where all 12 of these bases were/are?