So, what are we not seeing?
https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20...
Basically: Russian people and territory re-unification before letting the cultural erosion making it impossible, which is seemingly insufferable.
Then there is some rambling about a new order due the coordination of Ukraine Bielorussia and russia would make Europe autonomy crumble.
Then the world was expected to be in awe in such a display of power, and that would have made all countries realize that west dominance is in jeopardy.
It's that a simple madness.
french translation here: https://www.fondapol.org/decryptage/la-russie-na-pas-seuleme...
Not everything makes sense.
Humans are not rational creatures. We are complicated things that are far more driven by emotions than by dispassionate analysis.
Even when we do engage in dispassionate analysis, we get it wrong a whole lot. See the number of software bugs in the world.
https://exopolitics.org/is-discovery-of-an-ancient-ark-drivi...
But it was aliens.
2. He's surrounded himself with yes men
3. Those yes men told him Europe wouldn't do anything and Ukraine would fall quickly. They told him it'd be another Crimea
4. Once the war started it became obvious they made a terrible mistake, but now Putin's stuck in a clusterfuck of epic proportions for Putin, Ukraine, and Russia.