The question Putin didn't ask when he decided to amass troops on the Ukraine border:

[Atticus]

"And then what?"

Will he sacrifice his troops and his nation's economy to save face now that Joe Biden and NATO have asked the question?

[lark]

1. I think he knew what he was doing, undermining Biden & liberal democracy in the world.

That was a definite first step. We'll see if a huge military expansion is also in the plans, if he thinks this will increase his status/money or hurt him and the oligarchs with the Russian folks?

[lagomorph777]

2. US and Russia have been down the military expansion path before.

We know how that story ends. Putin really ought to think twice about that.

[marie999]

3. He will say that NATO is trying to get Ukraine to join NATO so that they can attack Russia.

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He will say that NATO wants Ukraine to be part of NATO so that NATO will have a 3,322-mile border with Russia and Belarus. He will say that NATO will then invade Russia and Belarus so they can control Russia's oil, natural gas, and minerals. Russia and Belarus are now having live-fire drills. Read the article from TASS to see what Putin is telling his people. Remember, TASS is a state-run news media, and its articles are for the Russian people and contain a lot of propaganda. It is important to know what the Russian people are being told.


Russian, Belarusian troops switch to combat cohesion in joint drills in Belarus