Putin's hybrid war intensifies while European countries dither.

"Moscow appears to have broadened its campaign with riskier, potentially more lethal plots. By all indications, Russia is going just to the edge of what it calculates the West will tolerate without provoking a military response. That's a dangerous game, and one increasingly likely to result in a crisis arising from casualties on European soil. Yet the West remains stuck in a defensive crouch."

ATTACKS

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In addition to fearing the subversive effect of a free, democratic and prosperous Ukraine on his doorstep, Putin's other motivation to invade is straightforward robbery.

Scroll to the maps. "Will Trump let Putin get Ukraine's $26 trillion in gas and minerals?"

REAVERS

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Yep. A short sighted end to this war will only lead to a more powerful, more aggressive Russia in the future. Per his "press conference" today, Putin's only regrets were that he didn't invade Ukraine sooner and that he should have been better prepared militarily. Press Conference

Ukraine has vast reserves of lithium, titanium and uranium which will most certainly be used to fuel Russian and Chinese military technology for decades.

Murmansk is quite the road trip.

In the past, they had quite a few bears and backfires based up there.