Why did Russia want Crimea 2014 ? Oil ? Why now does Putin want Eastern Ukraine ?
Looking back to 2014 tells us much
Simple: Putin just takes oblast directly on the border from Luhansk to Kherson . . . .
1. They then own the Azov Sea
2. They control the Port of Mariupol (BIG )
3. They control City of Kherson in oblast Kherson on the Dnieper River. A choke point.
They control the 70% of Ukraine economy by controlling ports.
4. Russia has control of any new natural
the amurcun propaganda will never cease.
Putin does not want Ukraine. The ethnic Russian majority in eastern Ukraine want to be part of Russia. Putin has said no to this request.
Crimea was never ethnic Ukraine. Crimea was given to Ukraine for administrative control, in an action that violated Russian law and was never ratified by the Dumas. The ethnic Russian majority (ie 98%) voted by referendum to rejoin Russia. Crimea is democratically and legally returned to Russia, by the Crimea
