> "If a small country declared war on us, we could easily bomb them back into the iron age." > Putin probably thought the same about Ukraine. I doubt, as Ukra

> "If a small country declared war on us, we could easily bomb them back into the iron age." > Putin probably thought the same about Ukraine. I doubt, as Ukraine is far from being a small country. It is the second largest European country (counting Russia as an European country, as is common in geography). (he most likely had other miscalculations leading to the current situation)