By now, anyone paying the slightest attention to Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine, its people, and its sovereign independence knows that the Russian autocrat, deceived by his own distorted conviction that Ukraine is not a real country, anticipated a quick walk-over in the war. His claims are nonsense. So, please: no more claptrap about Vladimir Putin playing variations on a theme by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams.
 

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