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Peter Hitchens said he could not find a plausible explanation for a potential invasion of Ukraine by Russia, declaring that it would be represent a "clinical act of insanity".
Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far denied that renewing old hostilities with Ukraine is on his mind. But the 130,000 troops currently positioned on the borders between the two
countries suggest that the second chapter of a war between the two countries, after Russia seized Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014, is likely. But Mr Hitchens, who is a former Moscow
correspondent and a contributor for the Mail on Sunday, declared that Russia is too sizeable already and does not know "what to do" with the territory it already possesses. Russia
is the world's largest country with 17,098,246 square meters is understood to be willing to annex more Ukrainian land. Ukraine was once part of the Russian Empire and then formed the
Soviet Union. But Mr Hitchens told TalkRADIO that a potential invasion would "breach international law" and have disastrous implications as Russians "would hate" the
prospect of an invasion of its neighbouring land. JUST IN: NATWEST SET TO CLOSE 32 BANK BRANCHES - WHICH AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED? He said: "A Russian invasion of Ukraine would be on
Russian terms an act of clinical insanity. What would they gain? "As my friend who is a Moscow correspondent said, the last thing Russia needs is any more territory. "It has got so
much territory it doesn’t know what to do with it already. "An invasion of Ukraine would breach international law, bring down upon Russia the most tremendous sanctions, force it to
hold down a very large country full of people who would hate a Russian occupation and resist it. I can see no gain at all." READ MORE: BREXIT LIVE: EU MOCKED OVER BID TO 'BRING
BRITAIN BACK INTO THE FOLD' WITH NEW OFFER "It’s very interesting how the people and the president of Ukraine are reacting to it with a certain amount of puzzlement. "What is
going on? "It’s really one of the strangest episodes in international affairs lives ever witnessed. "Who’s trying to achieve what?”