Vladimir Putton's Motives in the Ukraine War?

I wanted to speak with you because of the unfolding aggression perpetrated by russia against the ukraine. And i wanted to back up first and ask you a foundational question. And that is related to vlatimer putton's motives here. So you said that he would not have proceeded with this if he didn't have the explicit economic and financial assurances of china. There's been a lot of speculation about what exactly is going on inside of his head. You've got john meerscheimer who says that it's driven entire by concerns over nato expansion. We interviewed samo buria a little bit back, and he thinks that actually what vladimir putton is trying