do. one is, look at a map. they ve taken over crimea back in 2014. they could move to knet, the territory of luhansk and donetsk. they could go towards the sea of aza. they could still have the capability to seize kyiv if they choose to. so they still have a number of options. by doing what they just recently did in eastern ukraine they ve tied down ukrainian forces. they can t move to reinforce. russian forces have surrounded them by three sides. we know vladimir putin has said the fall of the soviet union was the biggest mistake of the 20th century. he has many times talked about ukraine and ukrainian