What all of this suggests is that Putin has not, to put it mildly, been persuaded to take a kinder, gentler approach to governance since the imposition of Western sanctions. Instead, he is up to his old tricks — trying to grab as much of Ukraine as he can while signaling that the Baltics may be next. Little wonder that America’s senior military leaders now identify Russia as the No. 1 security threat we face.
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