4 Putin keeps making threats over the U.S.'s actions in eastern Europe. I really dont get what he has to gain in Ukraine. (www.nytimes.com) posted 2 years ago by LeBasedPOGGERS 2 years ago by LeBasedPOGGERS +8 / -4 10 comments share 10 comments share save hide report block hide replies
It’s more to shore up his domestic prospects, i.e. to look tough, and appear to be “challenging US/Western European power”…
See: Crimea, Donbass, and Abkhazia and South Ossetia before that, lol… Also Chechnya…
This is kind of Putin’s whole… Schtick, tbh…
It's weird to see the West constantly extending its sphere of influence while simultaneously claiming aggression from everyone else. Real "the enemy cries out in pain as he strikes you" energy.