re: #136 Dr Lizardo

The most important thing here for Putin right now is going to be to eventually grab Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, or at least a strip of land through them. All the talk about recreating the Russian Empire and all that horse shit can wait on a real pressing need for Putin. He needs land access to Crimea, and because the Kersh Bridge is sinking (according to some sources I’ve heard in the know) into the silt and is going to collapse so the only way to have reliable land access for heavy transport and rail into Crimea is via these 2 regions.

That being said, Putin is apparently at near Stalin levels of paranoia and isn’t necessarily acting rationally.