Now that you see Putin for what he is, you should now know why those bases are there in the first place.
Where is your fellow conspiratard and tankie Gringo? Is he waiting for Eva Bartlett to find "evidence" that the invasion is a CIA psyop?
You are only interested in one side of the story. Generally, we are only presented with one side of the story, which is a great shame. We should have multiple perspectives available and there should be a great more depth in analysis on our screens.
I don't in any way condone Putin's invasion of Ukraine. But given that it's real, we shouldn't have to put up with fake news stories as depicted further up on the thread.
We live in a world where it's suggested that Putin could be charged with war crimes but Tony Blair should be given a knighthood. You think that children didn't cower in their houses in Baghdad and other places, as all kinds of US/UK munitions reigned down on their cities? As I have already expressed, the UK and US have absolutely no moral authority regarding Ukraine. Listening to the hipocrisy on the BBC news reporting is sickening. I caught a glimpse of CNN and I could not believe what I was hearing, it was just rabid anti-russian vitriol. I might as well have been watching a cartoon 'American Dad' or whatever it's called.