Ukraine: The Lifeblood of Russia

The war in Ukraine is just misery for misery's sake, although worse people in the world are benefiting on both sides. Putin sees the zero sum game of power politics in the in the shadow of America's failing hegemony. And he recognizes like if we don't, if we're given anything to them, then they're going to use it to turn us into every other failed state that is eventually brought low by having the to merity to challenge U.S.