Scape Scape:
Jingles is ex-british Navy. His take on why Russia invaded (water, oil and gas to Crimea) is spot on. Only once the land bridge to Crimea was secured and the water access was firmly in Russian hands did Putin start peace talks. Putin now has what he needs, he may have hoped Ukraine imploded so he could sack the country but he doesn't need the whole country to secure the Crimea and that was the whole point of the invasion.
Doesn't add up. Shelling civilian areas and civilians in humanitarian corridors is just about pointless from a military perspective. It does two things--it terrorizes the population (if that's the point it's not working) and it draws others in to the war. Can't help but think that Putin is trying to draw NATO into a war.