russian propagandists and useful idiots try to hide or dismiss discussions about it.
russia owns trump. elon talks to putin regularly, and he was promised access to Ukrainian mineral wealth. The whole Panama canal, Canada, and Greenland sabre-rattling is so eventually russian oil tankers can traverse the world with impunity.
russia is dividing and conquering. They still dream of being a superpower, instead of a failed mafia state with nuclear weapons.