> I think the USSR restoration empire building narrative is overblown. You should tell that to Russian media who posted this very long very USSR restoration em

> I think the USSR restoration empire building narrative is overblown. You should tell that to Russian media who posted this very long very USSR restoration empire building victory article a handful of days into the war. >>https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20220226/rossiya-1775162336.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20... > Also, if what you say about red lines were true, the US would not be so hesitant to provide lots of advanced aircraft to Ukraine, which they have not done as yet despite this clearly being a full enemy-of-my-enemy proxy war. They are literally starting training on the aircraft next month iirc, and will receive them in 4-6 months after that. Nothing happened when all of Russias red lines were crossed, the Americans are merely boiling the frog to avoid escalation. I think Russias red lines are akin to chinas final warning now days, a joke.