If Russia's demands were not met through diplomatic efforts, Vladimir Putin warned that Russia would "liberate" what he claimed were its "historical lands" on the battlefield.
Putin has to in order to distract from how desperately weak he is becoming, he has to know the instability coming in internal politics in Russia is impossible to predict like a crack spreading across glass and the only thing that can be said with confidence is that he will be at the heart of the shattering when it happens.
Glass is a great analogy. There can be internal stresses that build up inside glass without any visible change, only for something to exceed a limit and then boom, it shatters!
Putin has to in order to distract from how desperately weak he is becoming, he has to know the instability coming in internal politics in Russia is impossible to predict like a crack spreading across glass and the only thing that can be said with confidence is that he will be at the heart of the shattering when it happens.
Glass is a great analogy. There can be internal stresses that build up inside glass without any visible change, only for something to exceed a limit and then boom, it shatters!