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Ukraine
Putin has been talking about uniting Russia and restoring Soviet influence since 2008. "I don't really get how they thought this was going to work out," says CNN's John Sutter. Putin is pushing himself so far away from any sort of diplomacy or relationship with the outside world, writes Sutter. The whole thing is just silly, both strategically and it's horrifying as a human being, he adds.