Actually, Ukraine is the definition of “strategic” to the Russians. It’s called their breadbasket meaning most of their home grown grain products come from the area. It’s the best farmland Ivan has. It’s sort of lost in the fine print but Pootin was having trouble selling them enough gas to pay for the grain that he needs. Good farmland might not usually be thot of as strategic but if you ain’t got it you ain’t got groceries.
Yeah it is...so are a few others that they have Russian populations in.
But It’s too late for us to prevent them doing what they want to do, and all of that is really accomplished.
The rest should not take long, because we did nothing early on, and now the government is falling apart like a cheap suit.
I dunno, but it looks to me like Obama has already made a deal for a favor with Putin. He and the military brass seem to be going through the motions, and some rhetoric but that’s all.