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Western-oriented, hostile to Russia) than of a state functioning as an Country Email List obedient client. From Russia. Even before the invasion, I would have been very skeptical that the idea would have crossed Putin's mind that he could lead the whole of Ukraine to a Country Email List Belarusian position. He already tried it before, in a more or less democratic way, but it didn't work. Now, the invasion has made it even more difficult to achieve it. It is not clear what Putin's specific objectives were in invading and, in any case, they have probably changed after the disaster of the Country Email List first advance towards kyiv. But at this point it seems far more likely that future historians will see the 2022 invasion as part of the unintentional "making of a Ukrainian nation" (Western-oriented, hostile to Russia) than of a state functioning as an obedient client.
From Russia. Even before the invasion, I would have been Country Email List very skeptical that the idea would have crossed Putin's mind that he could lead the whole of Ukraine to a Belarusian position. He already tried it before, in a more or less democratic way, but it Country Email List didn't work. Now, the invasion has made it even more difficult to achieve it. It is not clear what Putin's specific objectives were in invading and, in any case, they have probably changed after Country Email List the disaster of the first advance towards kyiv.