Ukraine was only a threat to his regime, not to Russia.
He cannot afford to have a free market democracy of Russian speakers on his border because then his own people would clamor for the good life as well.
But he's fighting history itself.
Replies to: "Putin is personally responsible for more deaths of Russian speaking people than anyone since Stalin."
- Put aside the hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainians that we used as proxies to "hurt Putin," - Cole - 9:14am 10/25/24
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- We don’t use them. They made the decision to fight something a jackass like you will never - Frank L - 11:06am 10/25/24
- Putin is personally responsible for more deaths of Russian speaking people than anyone since Stalin. - Curly1918 - 10:32am 10/25/24
- Well said. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 11:01am 10/25/24
- It's estimated that Ukraine went from 44m to 20m people since the war started. - Cole - 10:26am 10/25/24
- Meanwhile the average IQ in Russia is plummeting [LINK] - Curly1918 - 11:38am 10/25/24
- Russia has not gotten stronger. - Iggle - 11:06am 10/25/24
- Ukrainians are fighting because they want to fight. [NT]
- Iggle - 9:52am 10/25/24
- Sorry. My reply is above. [NT] - Cole - 10:29am 10/25/24