Could hardly believe what I was seeing when Russia initiated a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Even with the troops gathered on the border like that, I figured that like most people it was just a show of force for negotiations, but also like most I was very wrong. There is absolutely no reason for this war, we all know that Ukraine has its problems, I've discussed it many times in the past, but Azov regiment or not, that is no justification for starting what is basically a 21st century "Yugoslavia". From Bucha to Mariupol, I'm appalled at the absolute carnage that the Russian Federation has inflicted on Ukrainians, especially the latter considering how much people resisted Ukraine's original "anti-terror operation" almost 10 years ago now. I can also hardly believe that what is supposed to be the world's second most powerful army has performed so terribly in this conflict, with loss after loss of personnel and armour.
It's clear Russia has forever screwed up relations with what many once considered a brotherly nation, never again will they have that same close relationship. We can argue to death about Western interference in Ukraine's political situation via Euromaidan and the Ukrainian military's flawed response to it's opponents in the Donbass, but ultimately Russia and Russia alone is fully responsible for this current escalation and they are reaping the seeds that they have sown...