Are you kidding me? Russia INVADED Ukraine. Quit blaming the victim.
Not too many more ways to escalate. Besides, Russia targets not just military targets, but specifically civilian targets.
Sheesh...
LOL, and the Russians blew up their own pipeline too. Russia invaded after the U.S. and the supporting west overthrew a Russia friendly Ukrainian government and the new Government starting shelling areas and people that were historically Russian. And no, I don’t like Russia but I also doesn’t like official Propoganda.
I am certainly not blaming the victim, but the Russian response was both predictable and expected. Are you arguing that there has not been an escalation in these types of despicable attacks? Call it whatever you want. Both parties involved are incredibly stupid not to allow President Trump to help them work out a deal.
Russia will eventually take Ukraine because it can.
The world is , has and always will be ruled by brute force, and Putin correctly calculated that he can outlast any Ukrainian resistance because of the significant number of pro Russian sympathizers who live there combined with the relative insignificance of Ukraine to the West.
If you don't believe me, ask Poland about what happened to them during WWII
This is the exact opposite of the situation with Taiwan.