Russia’s push into Ukraine exposed its obsession for conquest

When 100,000 Russian troops stormed into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the world rushed to pin it all on one man: Vladimir Putin. We labeled him the villain, the dictator, the madman. A year later, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant; and Mr. Putin is now, deservingly, a wanted war criminal. But this war is not just his. It's Russia's war — rooted in a centuries-old obsession with conquest and domination. Russia may look like a country, but it was born an aggressive empire and never built a true civic nation. It cannot help but invade. 6 Ukrainian…