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Russia invaded Ukraine because Putin thought he'd have a cheap and easy victory. If Ukraine was obviously well armed enough to make a cheap and easy victory obviously impossible, he wouldn't have invaded.

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Not sure if satire/sarcasm (I don't really know what it's called in English), but to anyone reading the comment above, that's not the actual reason for Putin's actions, this isn't Putin's pet project. There are actual reasons behind, which paint the real picture. Don't get me wrong, it's a FACT that Russian forces are in Ukraine, there's no way about it. But people often forget that Putin has been at the helm of Russia for more then 20 years, he's not as dumb as western media show him as.

EDIT: To people downvoting, Russia is attacking Ukraine because of USA and because of the agreement between Ukraine and Russia.

Putin's actions make more sense if you consider the invasion as serving his interests and not Russia's. None of this is going to play out in the favor of Russians, regardless of how the battle goes.

Putin has been characterized, by some in the US, as genius in his timing. I'm not familiar with any propaganda portraying Putin as dumb.

Younger versions of Putin certainly used to match his chess master reputation. However in the light of this war, people will update their evaluations of him. It’s likely that he has simply gone senile.

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