Russian President Vladimir Putin calculated that the goal of eliminating Ukraine as a sovereign nation-state outweighed the risks of Western sanctions and believed the rest of the world would not respond negatively to Russian aggression.

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  How the war in Ukraine changed Russia's global standing | Brookings

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• How the war in Ukraine changed Russia's global standing | Brookings www.brookings.edu Brookings Institution via serper

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• Vladimir Putin entity
• Ukraine location
• Western sanctions against Russia concept