Parading the Red Army into Donbas was the obvious move from Putin. I could see it coming from Rio Linda. No doubt Brandon’s handlers knew this was coming to and will now claim he stopped a larger invasion. Russia is never going to sack Kyiv no matter how much our local Putinists fantasize about it.
“Parading the Red Army into Donbas was the obvious move from Putin.”
Russians have always been good chess players - no difference here.