Originally Posted by
Johntoad57
Well, I see this from a totally different perspective. This is all about money, greed, control and power. No political gains or land acquisitions. Putin isn't a stupid man. Far from it! The world is trying to change the carbon footprint of everything. Fossil fuel will take a backseat in the near future. That means more electric modes of all transportation.
How, you say, does that have anything to do with this? Lithium! Ukraine has large deposits of lithium. Control the lithium and you control the market and maybe the world when it comes batteries that will be needed to power all the transportation. Maybe not today but tomorrow. There are also large deposits of lithium in South America countries. Who are their allies? Why Russia of course.
Besides, Ukraine is and has always been part of Russia. It is what it is!