2014. if you know anything about this luhansk and donetsk, these were thriving communities before russia decided to dominate them. now they are stalinesque, grim lands of no opportunity. so if anyone wants to know what russia will do for you, all you have to do is look at donetsk and luhansk. that s why communities like top of it, even closer to russia, are now moving more west, moving more to ukrainian nationalism because they see russian dominance means a grim stalinist future. so it is an invasion, and not just a recognition of puppet states, but now we hear of russia moving more military assets into donbass, into donetsk into luhansk, and it is unifying ukraine, and it is
this could be the beginning that the u.s. intelligence has warned about. it is certainly consistent with the kremlin play book. i think we are entering the next act in the play that vladimir putin has arranged for ukraine, unfortunately. it appears that really, ukraine is bracing for impact tonight. that is certainly the feeling i get here in washington. a sense that this is very, very imminent. unfortunately, the question is, would it be broader than just moving in more aggressively and more overtly into donetsk. but to go beyond those recognized statelets and into ukraine, the rest of ukraine itself. kharkiv is a major city of a million people. and again, just thinking of the ukrainian people today. it is worth taking a second and reflecting on a war that they did not ask for, that they did not initiate coming to their
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