A different perspective on the Invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine caught many as a surprise because it was considered an irrational move and therefore it could not happen. It seems that there is a flawed understanding of what the Russian government considers to be rational. In this video I will give my thoughts of why Russia invaded Ukraine.

Sources:
Maps: Google Maps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#/media/File:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg
Economic statistics: https://www.worldbank.org/
Putins approval rating: https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-rating-russia/
Assets used:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Vladimir_Putin-4.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_(2021-02-27).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dmitry_Medvedev_govru_official_photo_2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well,_Just_You_Wait!#/media/File:Nu_pogodi_by_vjacheslav_kotenochkin.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych#/media/File:Viktor_Yanukovych_(01910428)_(cropped).jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Petro_Poroshenko.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Viktor_Yushchenko_by_Tasnimnews_01.jpg/640px-Viktor_Yushchenko_by_Tasnimnews_01.jpg

Видео A different perspective on the Invasion of Ukraine канала Eastory