AIBU to ask what your next move would be if you were Putin?

[Chowbellow]

So. You're Putin. You rule a massive amount of people. You're ex KGB. You want to take over the world perhaps (or maybe just want to play!).
What is your next move now that the West is in crisis as you won't supply them with oil/gas?
Your people are dying but you've loads of people. You've invaded a non NATO country so you know they won't touch you.

The way Putin works is that he does something and then UTTERLY POINT BLANK DENIES IT.
What is to stop him accidentally sending a missile into London and then going WOOPSY - MY BAD!

Nobody is asking questions. It's frustrating to be honest.

Gorbachev and that Russian oil magnate (who spoke out against the war) both dying within days within the same hospital?
When are we going to fucking actually start asking questions????

Seriously? When are we going to ask what the actual fuck is going on?

I don't know whether some of you read the news at all.

Gorbachev is old?
How old is the Russian Oil Magnate?
Do you suspect foul play?
Novichok?

Btw - if I'm banned, MN are working for PUTIN (or enough idiots think I'm Putin)

Ah yeah, it's very easy to fall out of a hospital window.

What is to stop him accidentally sending a missile into London and then going WOOPSY - MY BAD!

1. There are a lot of important Russians and Russian assets in London
2. The UK from a Putin perspective is a good example of claiming national sovereignty and not participating in "the European project".

It is actually in Putin's interest that the UK do well now it has separated, IMO. Over the medium term at least....

www.politico.eu/article/chairman-of-russian-oil-producer-lukoil-dies-after-reportedly-falling-out-of-window/

At the start of the war, Lukoil had expressed “its deepest concerns about the tragic events in Ukraine,” and urging “for the soonest termination of the armed conflict.”

Those assets are frozen.

Seriously. Russia is at war in the Ukraine. However, it has naval ships off the coast of Ireland. Why? Why? Why?

Those assets are frozen

Or so you've heard..

The Ukraine is one of the most heavily armed forces in the world.

Ireland hasn't even got one nuke. I'm not sure that they even possess a missile.

What end of Europe would you invade from if your end game is the ruling UK? The US is also in missile striking distance from Irish waters.

They're not there for the scenery for God's sake.

I know. Oil prices have soared. Some fucker owns them.

A quick Google shows it was 3 days ago they passed through the Irish Sea supposedly off home after 6 months, our navy escorted them off. From what has been written they are no longer in the Irish and didn't stop also at no point entered territorial waters.

Whatever his plans are he and his ilk give no shits about who they kill or hurt. Stalin killed millions of his own people. He killed millions in the countries that russia occupied and called the ussr. They will not care about killing anyone.

@Chowbellow
If Ukraine wasnt my end game, I would get Ukraine done and dusted first before moving on to part 2 of my plan. I think you can sleep easy....for now...

Oh bless them. Off home.

And re the Irish Sea, Russian ships would inevitably have to go past Ireland to get anywhere westwards; no?

Mate, you didn't know that Russia had been our ally in two world wars and you're still harping on about Putin invading Russia because he's farting about off the coast of Ireland. Other posters have explained why he's probably not going to invade London, a great many of the answers have been nuanced and balanced, and you're just repeating the same question. What's your skin in the game? You sound a bit fixated.

I don't think it's his end game though.

Invading London, even. 🙄😂

They could not enter Irish waters or they could go the other way around lol

Ok. You're Putin. You've declared war on the Ukraine and you're sniffing around Ireland in the sea. Why? Why would you be doing that?