>>20941013He was warned that invading wouldn't work out like he planned. He had every chance to walk away, and to work with the Trump admin to make it clear that there should be peace.
He made an army and invaded, and got btfo because he or his staff didn't want to believe Ukraine. Somewhere in his head, he really didn't understand that the peace of his Crimea takeover was not weakness, not in the sense he believed.
I am angry that Russia didn't get more integration into the west. The US tried, and the FSB threw our NGO's out (non-queer versions at that time, if you can believe such a time existed).