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Putin's 3 Secret Fears That Started the Ukraine War

What if Putin's biggest fear isn't NATO missiles, but losing control of his own people? Tyler Cooper breaks down the three psychological terrors driving Putin's war in Ukraine - and why understanding them changes everything about how this conflict ends. Most people think this war is about land or resources. It's not. Putin's invasion stems from a decades-long obsession with erasing Ukraine from the map and his genuine panic that democracy next door will inspire Russians to overthrow him. Cooper connects the dots between Putin's 5,000-word manifesto denying Ukraine's right to exist and the…

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