Putin may want to rebuild the Russian empire

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an unprovoked war on Ukraine in February, experts predicted a rapid triumph and the start of a campaign to restore the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union. World leaders have called for President Vladimir Putin to stand trial for war crimes, but experts are fearful that the horrors will continue as the despot chases an ambitious goal to construct a wide empire. Is that he want to build back an empire and restore the control Russia, or the Soviet Union, had over Europe and Asia during the Cold War?

Putin has made it obvious that the West should remain out of the former Soviet Union, particularly in Ukraine. One of Putin's justifications for invading was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's eastward expansion. He has demanded that Ukraine, a potential NATO member, be denied entry into the alliance. Experts suggest that Putin was motivated by a deeper desire: to revive the USSR or the ancient Russian Empire, which predated the Soviet Union and included, among other countries, Ukraine, Finland, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.