can someone please explain to me...

[keroro gunsou]

why Putin has such a hard-on for the Ukraine? Please explain it like you are talking to a knucklehead, but smarter than a MAGA knucklehead...

[mwmisses4289]

1. He wants the old Soviet Union back.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Historically, Russia long dominated Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic States.

Going back to the Tsars. To some people, the way it was is The Way It Oughta Be. No other views tolerated.

[dutch777]

7. Specifically he wants the buffer states that isolate RU proper from the west AND have important industries

Ukraine was a major wheat and grain producer that filled Moscow's coffers and silos plus had many hard manufacturing industries RU wants. And if you are going to invade Russia, Ukraine is the southern route in. Northern route into Russia is thru Poland hence that dynamic for Putin. But the Poles have had enough, possibly the strongest and most capable land army in NATO right now which further worries and ticks off Putin. And some of it is just bragging rights as to who has the most influence in Europe and the more countries in the EU and NATO the more diminished Putin feels.

[patphil]

8. I agree. Also, he sees Ukraine as a valuable holding...great food producer.

And then there's the need to punish anyone who rejects him. A free Ukraine on his border is unacceptable to Putin.

[cbabe]

2. Food.

farminglife.com
https://www.farminglife.com › country-and-farming › why-is-ukraine-known-as-the-breadbasket-of-europe-heres-what-it-produces-and-exports-3584361

Why is Ukraine known as the 'breadbasket of Europe'? Here's what it ...
Indeed, Ukraine has the ability to provide enough food for half a billion people, maybe more. Around 32 million hectares of land is cultivated each year,

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Pragmatism.

He starts with Ukraine and conquers it.

Then another country, say, Poland. Same thing.

To your question, he has to start somewhere.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

5. Kinda funny, when Saddam Hussein had a hard-on for Kuwait, Republicans wanted to whack his pecker.

WIth Putin's lust for Ukraine, they are stroking his privy member!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. He can't allow Euro-centric democratic Ukraine to succeed when the tyrannical Putin regime is failing. . . . nt

[keroro gunsou]

9. cardiac events

never happen to the right people or when ye need them the most i tell you whut...