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    Why is Russia's Vladimir Putin so obsessed with invading Ukraine?

    Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine? That's the question on many minds as Russia's invasion of the former Soviet republic continues. The answer involves a mix of history, geography, and Putin's desire to return his country to the glory days of Soviet Union superpower. Putin mourns the Soviet Union A former KGB operative, Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet ...
    by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Feb 24, 2022 3 minutes
    A woman holds a Ukrainian flag next to a banner reading "Stop Putin" as youth groups protest Ukraine intervention with a human chain in front of the Russian Embassy on Feb. 22, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.

    Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine?

    That's the question on many minds as Russia's invasion of the former Soviet republic continues.

    The answer involves a mix of history, geography, and Putin's desire to return his country to the glory days of Soviet Union superpower.

    Putin mourns the Soviet Union

    A former KGB operative, Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the greatest disasters of modern history. He says he does not regard the former Soviet republic

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