Background Paper: Russia, United States & Ukraine - A Son of the New American Revolution

Background Paper: Russia, United States & Ukraine - A Son of the New American Revolution This paper is written to help address a recurring question concerning the Ukraine conflict: whether Russia is moving fast enough to finish its Special Military Operation (SMO)? In order to do this, the paper covers certain selected historical periods in the operation where Russia might have made different decisions affecting the scope and pace of the SMO. Material is added to tentatively help explain the reasons why Russia chose to do one thing and not another. More background information is added to partially cover the United States involvement. While the first part of the paper takes an historical approach, the second part addresses upcoming events and situations that will require difficult decisions by both governments. These decisions will impact the speed at which the entire world moves in the direction of World War III.