I think judging by the posts on this instance, a lot of people here didn’t think that Russia would take military action against Ukraine. I was one of those people. Hell, even yesterday I wasn’t expecting to wake up to this. But I think it’s safe to say that that position was incorrect.
I’ve read opinions from communists on both sides now that it’s happened of whether the military action was justified or not, but it seems that few are reflecting on the fact that we were wrong about the prediction that there was not going to be military action. Personally, I’m very surprised that this happened. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts.
Serbia and Croatia have something to tell you about “not been a war in Europe for a long time”.
And my guess about Putin’s reasons is that he knows he’s losing grip in the Russian population and needed a victory. Just like Argentina back in the 80s… and I hope there’s a similar result.