Which Emperor Putin expects to do. Next he uses the gas supply weapon to "influence" Germany. Retakes control of the Baltic states. Und so weiter.
Russia has always wanted/needed warm water ports. But there's another force driving Russia, and that is a burning desire for the Slavic race to dominate Europe. Stalin said as much to the Czech President just after his diplomatic victories at Tehran during WW2. Russia has always played second fiddle to Western Europe, and Russians have always resented it.
This is not 1944 and Putin is not Stalin. You sound like Biden. Sorry, but this is over the top.
Sure, Adolf