Putin makes a move. In some ways quite astute. He just visibly taking control of what he already controlled by proxy. What the West does now is difficult to gauge. Sanctions could provoke further expansion of Russian forces into the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It is likely that Putin wants some resistance to enable him to send further troops in. By stating that Ukraine is not a country he can deny lying when he said he would not invade it (From the Johnson book of lies- p734).
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