Why Putin is Mauling Ukraine

By Howard Bloom

On February 24th, Russia attacked the Ukraine from three sides — the north, the south, and the east. Here’s the story behind that move.

On February 22nd, President Joe Biden announced economic sanctions on Russia for sending troops into the Ukraine. The next day, Vladimir Putin proclaimed that Russia will attack us with “strong” and “painful” counter measures — asymmetrical moves that will hit us where we are “sensitive.”

In other words, Putin may mount cyberattacks on our water supply, our energy grid, our military or our markets. But that’s just the beginning.

Early in the morning of February 24th, Putin gathered his military commanders in Moscow, gave a speech, and announced that Russia will mount what Putin called “a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine.”

Putin explained that he will demilitarize and denazify the Ukraine. It sounds like Putin wants to eradicate the entire Ukrainian army and purge the Ukraine of anyone who might disagree with him. In fact, reports say that Putin already has lists of Ukrainians to be killed or imprisoned.