Russian military vehicles seen on the road towards its military outposts in Kamisli in Kamisli, Syria on 14 September 2020 [Samer Uveyd / Anadolu Agency]
Politico: Could Putin Launch Another Invasion?
The same factors that led up to his incursion into Ukraine are in place again, including domestic protests, a struggling economy and a desire for glory.
A trained KGB agent, Vladimir Putin knows how to hide his feelings, but in 2013, after former President Barack Obama described him looking like “the bored kid in the back of the classroom,” Putin let it be known that he was furious. And rightly so: kids in the back of the room are rarely ambitious. Putin, from day one of his rule 21 years ago, has had big, ambitious plans for himself and for Russia.
A far greater Soviet patriot than a Russian one, one of his first priorities when he became president in 2000 was to recover state ownership or control of the key political and economic assets lost in the Soviet Union’s demise: major industries, courts, media, national politics. Then, in his third and fourth presidencies, he turned his ambition to geopolitics: to incursions into Ukraine and Crimea, an alliance with Syria, and various assaults on Western democracies with what the KGB used to call “active measures” recast as cyberattacks.
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WNU Editor: Putin could easily launch another invasion. The proper question to ask is .... would he?
I do not see that happening. The Kremlin's focus is on the pandemic and the economy.
But it is true that the conflict and war is escalating in Ukraine (expect a blog post on that tomorrow). And if there is a place that Putin would set his eyes on to get involved, it will be on that conflict.
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The Russians would get their asses kicked, thats why they won't
Well at least the Ukrainians have a better chance because The Donald sent antitank missiles to help whereas Obama sent Meals Ready to Eat (MREs).
Ukraine has no chance against a Russian invasion.
in fact Ukraine would be hard pressed to retake Donbass
Caecus - You wanna bet?
What's "the Ukraine"?
Ukraine, Not the Ukraine: The Significance of Three Little Letters - Time.com
People pick up usage from hearing it for others. People are most likely to hear about Ukraine form narrative readers or politicians. Maybe they picked up "The Ukraine" from the virtuous Obama?
Just remember Obama always had the best of intentions for the USA, Israel and Ukraine. Like any liberal his usage of language is very particular.
Articles a, an, and the are not grammatically needed in English. I don't know about other languages but they are not needed in English, but they are in common usage in written and spoken English.
But questioning like that comes across as irritating or condescending. When you need allies and the other person means no harm, it is not a good thing to do.
Other than Russian irredentists liking The Ukraine, I kind of like it. As in The Ukraine distinguishing it from the various and sundry ukraines. The one and only!
https://www.etymonline.com/word/Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine
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