Ukraine’s incursion into Russian territory near the border.

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It’s critical to understand that Russia, controlling the largest landmass in the world, is a land- and maritime- power in international politics.

Not to mention, the country has an arsenal of nuclear weapons. This has put a lot of attention on how Ukraine deploys its military into Russian territory, and how Russia’s geographical quagmires are able to withstand such military pressure from Ukrainian armed forces.

We often talk of geopolitical trends and international conflicts, but Russia also has the issue of political geography, due to its vast territory, which makes it impossible for the Kremlin to survive without controlling vast amounts of its people’s lives

“If Russia had any semblance of a Democracy, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, Vladimir Putin would no longer be in charge. However, Russia is a totalitarian regime that gives more harbor to leaders’ bad decisions than a democratic regime would.” (Oksana…