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  Of course they are denying it, because NATO is still in Kosovo from the last time it broke down into war.
context: In Russia, the word "deny" is a synonym for the word "confirm"; for the rest of the world it's easier to read this as "Kremlin backs Serbia, confirms Russia is stoking tensions in Kosovo". >
  
  and I'm pretty sure, if given the chance, the Kremlin would deny any invasion or any presence in Ukraine >
  
  They have been for the entirety of 8 soon 9 years >
  
  Patton had it right: should have just gone all the way to Moscow...everyone knew Stalin was as bad as Hitler... 80 years later and Russia is still the vindictive, insecure twat... >
  
  While I agree with the thought, the Allies were pretty worn out and shifting to the Pacific theater at the end of the Third Reich.  In practice it would’ve cost an unbelievable number of lives in an already war torn area, and there wasn’t a guarantee that the Russians wouldn’t be able to reach the Atlantic.  Again, it would’ve been ideal to end the Soviet Union then, but that would’ve been a huge risk. >
  
  The Atlantic? They’d be lucky to make it to the Rhine before being their frontline units would be fatally ground down by Allied air power and then rolled back to Moscow. 
  The Germans and Soviets basically fought the same way with little emphasis on air or naval power (hence the reason why they both amassed fleets of colossal tanks and smashed them into each other), and the Soviets would be even less equipped than the Germans to have an answer for how to defend themselves against allied air power or naval power. 
  Air dominance means that you can break up enemy offensives almost immediately with your ground attack planes and bombers, and force the enemy to hide their vehicles during the daylight hours. This is what happened to the Germans on the Western Front- they simply couldn’t operate freely as they could on the eastern. 
  Naval dominance means you can bypass natural defense features in the land as long there is a coastline and use any shore as an entry point into enemy territory. The Soviets would be in no position to defend their Far East from naval invasion. 
  There is also the fact that the United States had nuclear weapons, which were enough to make even the Japanese surrender. Even if the Soviets miraculously fought their way to the Bay of Biscay, the US could still bomb Moscow and every other Soviet city from its various air bases. The B-29 was designed for long range and could easily reach Moscow from British airfields.