The Current Disaster in Ukraine

Many apparently believe that when the Berlin Wall came down back in 1989, and then two years later the USSR imploded, that these events signalled the final end to the 'Cold War'. This is rather strange when you actually consider all that took place after these events, and the current (and rather sad) state of the world today. The 'Cold War' over? [i]It never ended![/i]
In fact, the so-called Doomsday Clock is now closer to midnight than it's EVER been, and maybe I shouldn't, but I DO worry about the war in Ukraine getting worse, and spreading to other nations within Eastern Europe. Need I worry? I think so!
The truth is I don't "support" either side in that, profoundly stupid, war. Both sides (and by that expression, I mean NATO and Russia, not Ukraine and Russia) in the conflict seem determined to make it even worse, and being the politicians they are, they don't give a damn about anyone or anything apart from "saving face"! It's sickening, it truly is.

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Of course, the Cold War mentality hasn't gone, and that is mostly because the U.S and the West in general doesn't want Russia to decide its own destiny. We have seen it countless times in other countries, including some European ones...Hungary would be a good example, and so would Poland when they aren't hating Russia. These are countries that want to be different, but the West is in opposition to that. Russia highlights the wider problem of globalism and in my view, it is Western imperialism that is the problem, not Russian.

Putin may have done bad things, but so has the U.S, both domestically and abroad, more times and in worse ways than I would care to calculate. Beyond Putin's more negative deeds, he has tried to make Russia stronger and to encourage some positive changes to the country. I think Putin would engage well with the West if they were to accept that Russia isn't going to agree with everything they say or do, and is entitled to not conform to how the U.S and other countries would like it to be.

You mention escalation, but I don't think it's likely unless NATO actually does intervene and other countries get involved. To an extent, they already are (Ukraine receives vast military support), however this isn't to the degree that Putin would see this war go beyond the current borders. Truthfully, he could have ended it many months ago, but he won't, precisely because it would require more aggressive action.

People like Prigozhin, however, would happily see all of Ukraine implode if it meant achieving their military purpose. Many in the West wouldn't be able to understand, but Putin has showed some restraint and for that reason, it should be easy to determine that he doesn't want to destroy Ukraine, or start a war with NATO.