Igor Istomin Explains How the West Has Induced the Kremlin to Count on Russia to be Attacked and the way the ensuing dynamic is more likely to lead to struggle. https://www.rt.com/russia/5 99654-nato-attack-russia-attitude/
It’s extraordinary that Putin nonetheless doesn’t perceive that so long as he permits the battle with Ukraine to fester, the extra sure it’s that Western involvement will consequence within the NATO bloc at struggle with Russia.
To repeat myself for the hundredth time, the restricted army operation in Donbas was a strategic blunder that may finish in World Conflict III. What was required was a fast decisive Russian victory earlier than the West may get entangled.
A fait accompli was wanted. As a substitute, Putin selected a prolonged, ever widening battle. This didn’t save lives. It maximized the expenditure of lives and the rely is way from over.