>Putin fears American anti-air missiles that neutralizes the threat of Russian nukes. The trajectory of ICBMs crosses over the North Pole, and most of Russia's

>Putin fears American anti-air missiles that neutralizes the threat of Russian nukes. The trajectory of ICBMs crosses over the North Pole, and most of Russia's launch facilities are too far North or East for Ukraine to be remotely relevant to intercepting them. It is a garbage, nonsensical excuse. And there is no reason to admit that into evidence while rejecting the idea that Putin's constant chauvanistic refrains about how Russians and Ukrainians are one people, that Ukrainians are just "little Russians" who've been convinced they're something different by the evil West, an idea which he has been pushing for years, have anything to do with the invasion.