The Reason: The Mystery At The Heart Of Putin’s Invasion

<p>Two years ago today, the Kremlin started a war for which it was neither mentally nor militarily prepared.</p> <p>Why did it do that? how did the idea of violently carving out a Greater Russia, backed up by mystical Orthodox nationalism, travel from the marginal fringes of Russian politics to become official Kremlin policy?</p> <p>Putin had a huge Intelligence Service, spies everywhere and a successful record of conquest in Chechnya and elsewhere.</p> <p>Yet outside Kyiv, his troops were met by fierce and professional resistance, backed by a citizenry in which tens of thousands of Ukrainians of all ages queued for hours at the military recruiting centres to join the army.</p> <p><a href="https://barry-gander.medium.com/the-reason-the-mystery-at-the-heart-of-putins-invasion-51454a02be56"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>