Yes, your story on Russia's ability to produce ammunition was amazing. But if you believe "Russia is only interested in Eastern Ukraine because the population there is ethnic Russian and would like to be part of Russia. " I don't know where to begin on that one ;)

It doesn't want to occupy Kyiv anymore than it wants to occupy Minsk. It doesn't need to. What it needs is a Ukrainian government that does what the Kremlin tells it to do.