when we look at his broader picture, what do you think he, putin, wants to end up with from this invasion? politically, but importantly as well, territorially, even if he s sort of held back. there are parts of this country he wants and needs like the corridor along there, the land bridge, so-called, from mainland russia to crimea. i think his goal in the end is political. he s trying to build a vision of manifest destiny that brings ukraine into russia s sphere of influence, that builds a kind of future historical greatness for this idea of a greater and large russia. in order to do that, he does not need all of ukraine territorially. i think he needs east, probably all the way to knieppe.
place that were supposed to guarantee that no countries, whether it be russia or others, interfere in ukraine s affairs, but they ve been disappointed with the fact that some of these protocols have not been honored, mostly by the russians, but more importantly now that the russians have violated those treaties, the international community s response led by the united states has not been strong enough. so that s wen one factor. the other is they feel that the united states has not been forceful enough in trying to support some of the ukraine s initiatives in tackling this kind of growing rebellion inside the inside ukraine territorially. there has been some criticism with the way the united states and europe, not just the u.s., but europe as well and some of the nato alleys that they haven t taken a stronger position with trying to confront russia s strong interference in the eastern part of the country. yeah. and michael, it seems like putin is hoping for one of two things. he s t