Knelling would cost a heavier price, a fact that Russia has deeply experienced. Russia wanted to align with the West, but after being deceived for 30 years, the Russian elite finally realized that the West would never accept Russia; it would only try every means to encircle and weaken Russia.
This time, the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war shows that both the Russian leadership and the public have finally come to their senses. Since the West does not accept Russia, it's time to be savage again! To become powerful once more, it is necessary to rebuild the triad of Russia-Belarus-Ukraine, the great Russia.
To block NATO's eastward expansion and rebuild the great Russia, Russia must swallow Ukraine. From the Tsarist Russia to the Soviet Union, over 500 years, the grain, minerals, ports, and human resources of the Ukrainian plains have always been the most important region for Russia.
The Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union fought against the Ottoman Empire for over 300 years to seize Ukraine (including the Crimean Peninsula), and also fought against Britain and France, suffering great sacrifices to gain this most fertile land.
Ukraine has always been the most prosperous and shining region for Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, the birthplace of the East Slavs. It can be said that the eight eastern provinces of Ukraine were the most superior territories that the Russian Empire could capture. If Russia can take control of the eight eastern provinces of Ukraine, it can almost restore 70% of the former Soviet Union's power.
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