He’s not going to restore the old soviet union...that’s a lotta crap...
Can and wants are two different things
What hitler wanted and believed he could achieve was all that mattered. And even when it was plain that his goals and dreams were not going to happen he continued.
Much has been said about west “fighting to the last Ukrainian “, but it is interesting that the same usuals never mention putin fighting to the last Russians, of course not Moscow and St. Petersburg “Russians”.
Ukranians know what will happen to them under Russian occupation, putin knows what happens to him if he loses
This is the guy they call Putin's Brain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
For a bonus, here's another of Putin's guide stars https://ridl.io/ivan-ilyin-a-fashionable-fascist/
Finland and Sweden obviously fear it, as do the Balkans and dozens more countries, even Switzerland and Austria are thinking that what they see from Russia in the future might force them to seek protection from it by asking to join NATO.
Same old scare tactics. They will say anything to keep the corrupt gravy train rolling. So we give another $60 billion to the corrupt country who kicks money back to the corrupt politicians who vote to give them the money. I keep saying that no amount of money can buy the men Ukraine needs to win a war against Russia. I despise Biden and the rats more than I fear Putin. They are destroying America, not Putin.