William Taylor:
So, Amna, this is a hard question to answer, because no one can get inside the head of Mr. Putin. No one understands his motivations.
He surprised the world when he invaded his neighbor, as you indicated earlier, in 2014. So, it is hard to say. It is clearly not what they put out in terms of NATO pushing towards the Russian border. That is just ludicrous.
There may be some concern on Mr. Putin's part that his popularity, his support among Russians is declining, and he needs some way to boost that. He also may be trying to put pressure on Ukraine, and that is clearly happening. Ukraine is standing up to it, as you have indicated. He may also be trying to put some pressure on the new Biden administration, just to put them to a test early on.
But, as I say, it is hard to see. There is nothing that would have prompted this from the Ukrainian side.
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