Russia Ukraine war, page-228867

Hockey Puck Putin... his bizarre and horrific invasion of eastern Ukraine has resurrected NATO, and given Ukraine the chance of joining. Before the war there wasn't a hope Ukraine could achieve this. The world had really turned a blind eye to the illegal annexation Crimea, but as with previous dictators (Hitler, Stalin), they require more. A boundary has to be set as in previous wars

Putin the master of achieving exactly the opposite of his ambitions.