@coffeetest @theeconomist

#GeoPol #Russia

(5/n)

...to half of #Ukraine, let alone all of it. That might not be what's required.

I've long held the view, though, that a scorched-earth strategy for #UKR would be sufficient as a minimal strategic goal for the #Russian #stateterrorists: the ethnic #Finnish #KievanRus 5) are, IMO, THE heartland of Russia (I'm a #Normanist, btw ;)). The #Ukrainian population was seen as of the same blood, as brothers,...

5)
https://www.worldhistory.org/Kievan_Rus/