re: #95 Dr Lizardo

Leonid Kalashnikov tells RIA Russia will recognise DPR/LPR borders as the full Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. More than half of which is under Kyiv’s control right now.

So by recognizing those borders, Kyiv becomes a de facto invader who must be repulsed by force of arms…

Putin is going to re-use this approach anywhere there are expatriate ethic Russians outside his borders: the Baltics, Central Asia, Caucasus, etc…