Russia has always wanted these 3-4 little countries back.
But why anyone thinks they would invade them now?
if the FBI drops the pedophile bomb on DC, then DC would need a war-class distraction to occupy the front pages until after the election.
(It gives one cause to wonder if the FBI and NYPD have entered this possibility into their calculus...)
This is just theater for us little people; I’ve described on other threads how co-workers in dire financial straits are afraid of North Korea. They were more concerned about some nonsense half a world away than they were about the fact that they were about to lose their homes...
Russia needs Ukraine. If nothing else it’s natural resources,agriculture,industry are important.