Try to grasp this.
Ukraine is a sovereign nation and has the right to join NATO.
Putin is not Ukrainian, he’s not the head of the Ukrainian state, he has not legal right to impose any restrictions on Ukraine.
Hence his illegal war of aggression.
Why would anyone need to wipe out Russian bases?
Russia is sending its military assets into Ukraine where they are legitimate targets without giving any excuse for escalation.
Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan are all examples of why Russia will not win the asymmetric war its got itself into.
Afghanistan is seemingly an an example the Russians themselves failed to learn from.
Making war on a Russia’s economy is one such method, allied with destroying large parts of Russian military outside of Russia’s borders.
Putin is not Russia and Russia is not Putin.
Shall we pretend that it’s only Putin who is concerned by the military defeats, losses of equipment and men and that the sinking of the Moskva hasn’t caused anyone else in Russia to start thinking about where all this is headed?
Russia was completely safe within its borders until it decided to illegally invade Ukraine.
First contain Russia with in its boarders then talk about Russian security.