Putin compares himself to Peter the Great in quest to take back Russian lands
“Apparently, it is also our lot to return [what is Russia’s] and strengthen [the country]. And if we proceed from the fact that these basic values form the basis of our existence, we will certainly succeed in solving the tasks that we face.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/putin-compares-himself-to-peter-the-great-in-quest-to-take-back-russian-lands

putin will do whatever he is able to and what he is not con strained in


the Baltic sttes are ex Soviet rrpublics and he would certainly take them .....if he were able to .....and that latter is the problem for him