quote: Russia’s president invaded Ukraine not because he felt threatened by NATO expansion or by Western “provocations.” He ordered his “special military operation” because he believes that it is Russia’s divine right to rule Ukraine, to wipe out the country’s national identity, and to integrate its people into a Greater Russia.

He laid out this mission in a 5,000-word treatise, published in July 2021, entitled, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians.”

Read Putin's screed and you KNOW he won't stop at Ukraine.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_the_Historical_Unity_of_Russians_and_Ukrainians