Because they didn't seek to occupy and fight a guerrilla war in all of Ukraine. They sought to secure crimea by sea and land routes, and secure the water supplies delivered from the Dnieper river. The invasion was never about claiming a bunch of Ukrainian land. What would Russia do in kyiv anyway besides fight insurgency?
Because they didn't seek to occupy and fight a guerrilla war in all of Ukraine. They sought to secure crimea by sea and land routes, and secure the water supplies delivered from the Dnieper river. The invasion was never about claiming a bunch of Ukrainian land. What would Russia do in kyiv anyway besides fight insurgency?