Why is Putin obsessed with Ukraine?
WASHINGTON — A Russian invasion of Ukraine has appeared imminent for days, if not weeks, as anyone who has been paying attention to the news knows. But on the minds of many is why Russian President Vladimir Putin is so obsessed with Ukraine. Putin has massed more than 150,000 Russian troops along Russia’s border with Ukraine’s east and southern edge — where Moscow already occupies territory — ...
WASHINGTON — A Russian invasion of Ukraine has appeared imminent for days, if not weeks, as anyone who has been paying attention to the news knows.
But on the minds of many is why Russian President Vladimir Putin is so obsessed with Ukraine.
Putin has massed more than 150,000 Russian troops along Russia’s border with Ukraine’s east and southern edge — where Moscow already occupies territory — and in Russian ally Belarus on Ukraine’s northern border.
The U.S. government says it believes Putin can easily launch an
