Given how Ukraine is mopping up with them right now, I don’t see a play here. Seems like antagonizing your big brother while you’re losing a fight with your little sister. It could be lack of creativity on my part but I can’t see any gains at all for Russia in attempting this.
That sounds almost mildly clever. Until you realize that even with the US, the rest of NATO has enough planes and missiles to turn everything with camo paint on it between the border and Moscow into a giant fireball.
Given how Ukraine is mopping up with them right now, I don’t see a play here. Seems like antagonizing your big brother while you’re losing a fight with your little sister. It could be lack of creativity on my part but I can’t see any gains at all for Russia in attempting this.
Russia like to prod and test boundaries. If they can get away with something without retaliation, a boundary has moved and it’s a small win for free.
Most common theory I hear is they would feel better losing to NATO than losing to Ukraine.
That’s almost funny if true.
That sounds almost mildly clever. Until you realize that even with the US, the rest of NATO has enough planes and missiles to turn everything with camo paint on it between the border and Moscow into a giant fireball.
And then everything in Moscow