# Is Putin crazy enough to move into the Baltic countries?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-putin-crazy-enough-to-move-into-the-baltic-countries/960022 "2022-02-23T21:34:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-putin-crazy-enough-to-move-into-the-baltic-countries/960022/64 "2022-02-24T16:19:51Z")

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Russia’s military is obviously stronger than Ukraine’s, but almost everyone is treating a total Ukraine military defeat, relatively quickly, as a foregone conclusion. I’m not so sure. Invading a very large country is hard, and Ukraine’s terrain in February is not exactly trivial. There are many instances in history in which a smaller defensive force has held off a larger attacking force for quite a long time. Active combat could drag on for weeks or months (or maybe longer).

We’ll see. Best wishes to Ukraine and its defenders.

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