I don’t get it. Who has not understood since the breakup of the Soviet Union that the neighboring countries would always remain within Russia’s circle of influence and ultimately be claimed again as they were in the 20th century. For the US with all it’s own problems to waste it’s resources and risk a major conflict seems like a naive and reckless course. But then I believe these events are orchestrated from a Hegelian dialect that seeks to ultimately weaken and merge America into a globalist world government/ confederation. Think Brezinski’s the Grand Chessboard.
LOL, Putin deserves these countries, cute.
Why should they be in the Russian circle of influence ?
Historically they were swapped around and fought over by the big powers on either side of them.