Putin’s Plan

Let’s face facts, it’s difficult at best to launch an invasion of another country, especially one that wants to join NATO. Russia is facing an awkward truth: if they don’t win and keep this strip of land, they won’t be able to keep Crimea secure from ‘other’ influences. But is that all it is?

Crimea (/kraɪˈmiːə/ kry-MEE-ə) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia. The Arabat Spit, located to the northeast, is a narrow strip of land that separates the Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. Across the Black Sea to the west lies Romania and to the south is Turkey. The population is 2.4 million, and the largest city is Sevastopol. The region has been under Russian occupation since 2014.

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Ultimately, Putin wants an easier way to undertake an army/navy invasion of Israel, using Crimea as his launching pad. Without the Ukraine eastern provinces under his direct control, this would be almost impossible. Why Israel? Well, it is in response to a long-held prophecy, as revealed in the Bible.

There you have it. But how can this ‘problem’ be solved on the world’s stage? Carefully…