This is the organization behind the shooting down of a civilian airplane over Ukraine among other real acts of war. The quickest study of Putin’s history is a clear master of risk analysis and cost-benefit analysis. To clarify, there never, ever was a concept that Ukraine would attack into Russia for any reason(as if this needs to be stated is laughable). Putin made his demand that NATO formalizes their charter to never allow Ukraine to join NATO. When a meeting between NATO and Russia took place last week, Russia clarified this position as not some negotiating strategy.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2022 15:13 UTC