At the onset of 2022, Vladimir Putin initiated a full-scale military operation against Ukraine, aiming for a swift and decisive campaign that would lead to the rapid annexation of a nation he believed had no legitimate claim to sovereignty. The strategic objective was twofold: to reestablish Russia’s global influence and to accelerate the transition from a unipolar international order dominated by Western powers toward a more multipolar system where multiple centers of power coexist.
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