Putin signed the law recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, and in went the peacekeepers just as we predicted.
Sad but true ring to your analysis.
One question: if the Russian build-up is only to capture and secure a "free" Donetsk and Luhansk - on the WEST side of Ukraine - then why the build-up and developments in Belarus, a Russian client state on the EAST side of Ukraine[1]?
[1] https://www.axios.com/satellite-images-russia-military-buildup-ukraine-78fa15ea-f108-4c96-8170-d50eebd4c6a7.html
Sad but true ring to your analysis.
One question: if the Russian build-up is only to capture and secure a "free" Donetsk and Luhansk - on the WEST side of Ukraine - then why the build-up and developments in Belarus, a Russian client state on the EAST side of Ukraine[1]?
[1] https://www.axios.com/satellite-images-russia-military-buildup-ukraine-78fa15ea-f108-4c96-8170-d50eebd4c6a7.html