After an uneven start, NATO has responded well to the Ukraine crisis
Putin’s declared dream and ambition was substantially to re-create the greater Russia of the Romanovs and the Bolsheviks. The largest piece that escaped the control of the Kremlin with the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 was Ukraine, with a population as large as that of Spain. He wished to be a reassembler of mighty Russia, a new Peter the Great or even in some respects a Stalin.
What has occurred has astounded the many people who still remember or have studied the achievements of Stalin’s Red Army from its victories at Stalingrad and Kursk, two of the greatest battles in the history of the world, in 1943, through to the fall of Berlin. Stalin was indifferent to casualties and had machine-gun units behind the front lines cut down any of his own forces that retreated without authorization.
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