Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Phoenix20 said:

Russian Tsar Putin has made a terrible decision by direct attack on Ukraine. Mercenaries sent to eliminate Ukraine officials may have been a smarter move.

Putin is more of a Tsar than a Soviet era President. He wants to take Russia back to its glory days. Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland.

You missed out Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan which also all part of the Soviet Union. Finland is a bit of an outlier as it was part of the Russian Empire but not the Soviet Union. Half of modern day Poland was also in the Russian Empire.