There is an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal today about the Russian build up in the west near Ukraine. Putin said he was not happy about the killing of two FSB agents in Crimea, which almost sounds plausible to everyone. That is how it is supposed to sound, only it isn't.
The story includes a note that the bases these troops were deployed to were built in 2015. They were built over a year ago during the worst of times, but not used for much since then. You may remember that the rebels managed to shoot down a civilian airliner with a Russian missile system around that time. They pulled back and regrouped because Europe and the US put sanctions on them. Nobody likes having airliners shot out of the sky. The Russians needed a good reason for going back in. Now they have one. The Russians have not stopped expanding. Just like the Chinese in the South China Sea, they are both claiming territory they say was once theirs. Nobody seems to be willing to stop them.
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