This is why...
There is upwards of 2 trillion cubic meters of gas, mainly in the waters around Crimea and in shale deposits within the Dombas region. This was discovered or recognized/accepted as highly likely in 2012. Why do you think Victoria Nuland and Biden orchestrated the Coup in 2014? Putin is no fool.
USA thought they could cut Russia's economic throat by playing the Ukrainians for fools and against each other in the Dombas. This would allow Western backed exploitation of that gas (enter Hunter Biden et al) and feeding it into Europe, thereby ending the dependence on Russian gas.
If this did not work, they wanted the situation to blow up into the mess we now have and for that to become 'cover' for the mega inflation they need to resolve the USA debt crisis.
Was posted earlier elesewhere
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/ukraines-deadly-gamble
He rolled the dice and he took the gamble, it didnt pay off. Zelenskiy who is not holier than thou at all, needs to take some responsibility.
Every country that is oppressing another people, is schtum, Israel is schtum as needs Russia in Syria and they are doing the same to Palestinians, India is schtum as its a right wing ****** country opressing muslims, christians, treats them as second class citizens, as it wants a hindu nationalist state. China is oppressing muslims and others in the north of China,and is broadly schtum. They are all compromised by their own actions and so will not condemn Russia.
Not just Putin, although he is a tw4t as well...but since WW2 look at how many wars, regime change, have been instigated by the US (West), including full support from the UK.
https://www.infoplease.com/history/us/major-military-operations-since-world-war-ii
"can never be funded or will never be able to sell its products into the market." Total BS
They have an agreement with SINOSTEEL already for funding, whether they trigger it, its up to them, so please again people stop writing stuff that just isnt true. THINK!!
1st time lucky, you are a straight up c*** mate.
No one has ramped anything, based on the metals in the ground, this company has assets worth north of $160bn, so take your BS elesewhere, there is a war going on, and you have the nerve to call people out and gloat, you should be on the receiving end of those bombs in Ukraine, not the people that live there, its characters like you that are in Putins cabinet, vile creatures. Diabolical your post is.