The level of misinformation and downright ignorance in this thread , by many doubtless patriotic US individuals living in the past and feeding from western MSM , is profound .
Some key points
1. The US and West has been entrained to believe that Russia invaded Ukraine , based on complete ignorance of NATO action in the previous 30 years and particularly since 2014 .
Ukraine had been building its military to invade Donbas for eight years and the Minsk agreements had been totally ignored by NATO, as Merkel publicly admitted .
The UAF had attacked Donbas every single day killing up to 15000 people with lots of pillage and other war crimes throughout .
The UAF was about to invade Donbas days after Russia took defensive action, with a ground force that initially was twice the size of the Russian force .
Just before Feb24 , 2022 , UAF shelling of Donbas went up from ca . 200 to nearly 2000 per day .
As we say , a huge hint .
So the actuality was effectively that the "NATO gun man" announced it was going kill its Russian opponent in ten seconds but got shot itself when the count- down reached two .
If that represents Invasion , then there is an insurmountable gulf in General Comprehension .
2. There were over 30 bio labs in Ukraine funded and built by the US between 2010 and 2014 .
The CIA also created 12 different Spy Centres on the Russian border, as just days ago admitted and detailed by the NYT .
In itself just cause for a huge response .
3 .Russia no longer has need to invade another country to control it .
You do it through finance , broadly following the pattern used by China all over the world but most notably in Africa .
4. Russia is the most wealthy major nation because it is self sufficient from all natural resources .
It has no need for imports unless it chooses .
No other major power can boast that .
5. It would defeat NATO militarily easily at this point .
It has set itself up to have more arms and weapons with a supply and distribution system which matches that objective .
It would take some time for this advantage to be cancelled . Two to three years is best expert opinion .
Russia's air supremacy is overwhelming becaue like China it is probably a decade ahead with Hyper Sonic missiles .
Currently there is no defense against Kinzhal and Avrogard missiles at up to 30 000 miles per hour .
So .A few facts based on solid evidence .
From an informed woman geo-political analyst living in SE England and not a "Putin lover "or having any personal or business ties or connections with Russia now , or , in the past . English born and bred even though the UK role in matters is much greater and dirtier than widely recognised ,
Another thread . Another time .