Here´s why the Russian invasion was inevitable.
No, here is why the Russian invasion was inevitable.
Putin compares himself to Peter the Great in quest to take back Russian lands
Vladimir Putin has compared himself to the 18th-century Russian tsar Peter the Great, drawing a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin historic quests to win back Russian lands.
“Peter the Great waged the great northern war for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden, he took something from them. He did not take anything from them, he returned [what was Russia’s],” the Russian president said on Thursday after a visiting an exhibition dedicated to the tsar.
After months of denials that Russia is driven by imperial ambitions in
Ukraine, Putin appeared to embrace that mission, comparing Peter’s campaign with Russia’s current military actions.
“Apparently, it is also our lot to return [what is Russia’s] and strengthen [the country]. And if we proceed from the fact that these basic values form the basis of our existence, we will certainly succeed in solving the tasks that we face.”
President draws parallel with tsar who waged war on Sweden and says campaign in Ukraine stems from ‘basic values’
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine had nothing to do with any current conditions, but was the result of Putin's ambition to expand the eastward. In 2005, Putin called the collapse of the USSR the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century and made it clear he didn't accept and would not accept it. As Hitler did, Putin continued to express his outrage that Russia no longer controlled the eastern European states, but as they did with Hitler, European leaders chose to ignore these ominous pronouncements.
In the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine, European leaders protested and agreed to join the US in passing stronger sanctions, but they, especially Germany and France, leaned on Ukraine to sign the bogus Minsk agreement - Merkel recently said she did it to give Ukraine more time to prepared for the next Russian invasion - in order not to allow this atrocity to interfere with business. Last February, Putin had no reason to fear Europe would support Ukraine if he invaded again.
This invasion was inevitable because Putin was determined to "take back" all the lands, eastern Europe, he believed belonged to Russia and Europe gave him every reason to believe they would not object.
