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Originally Posted by Matata
Putin was watching what he considered his chief rival, the US, use it's influence to push for more and more military on Russia's doorstep for decades (a bit like the cuban missile crisis, but with the US as the instigator). Eventually a guy like Putin was going to respond and he's doing it in the worst way possible because he's surrounded himself by sycophants and he's taking on the most capable military intelligence in human history, who are on track to get everything they want from this conflict: public approval, military influence over Ukraine, Russia humiliated and devastated.
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He had already taken over Crimea, supported conflicts in Donesk and other areas in Ukraine, started conflicts with Georgia, put down unrest in Belarus and Kazakhstan. He been acting out for years.