Yes, I do. Probably I’m greater detail than you do.
Yes, Putin does have the appetite to continue pressing his goal of rebuilding the Russian Empire. he has never retreated from that ambition, and is signaling that he won’t accept any sort of compromise short of conquest of zukraine.
This is a country that uprooted and moved its entire industrial base across mountains and still best Hitler.
Putin may be weakened economically and militarily, but he shows no sign of giving up.
A Russian occupation of Ukraine would put it in a very favorable position to overshadow Eastern Europe.
Americans, particularly the retreat minded Trump crowd, don’t seem to see that.
To EVERYONE in Europe, it’s obvious.