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>>509566529
>does russia want to be an empire and take over other countries or not?
russia wants to take over Georgia and Ukraine and has consistently acted in an adversarial way towards Europe.
>>509566529
>why did the kremlin attack Ukraine first
Because that's the imperial self-image that putin imagined and his circle cultivated and agreed to, thinking he wouldn't actually be that retarded to start the the war against Ukraine