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[genousti]

They dont want kiev. That is too big and too hard to defend. They want the east and that is what they will ask during negotiations. Only in netflix war lasts four days. America needed 18 days to do some stuff in iraq

[hkpack → genousti]

This is a popular misconception. They want all of Ukraine.

The east was just a part they could get control over in 2014. But their goal was always the whole country.

[pydry → hkpack]

Says who?

By all conventional measures it's impossible for them to hold it. Why would we assume thats what theyre trying to do? It makes no sense.

[brnt → pydry]

Says Putin. Repeatedly since the fall of the Soviet Union.

[pydry → brnt]

Putin said that id you dont lament the fall of the soviet union you have no heart but if you want to rebuild it you have no brain.

I think he knows Ukraine is lost. He wants it broken so it becomes a strategic liability for the west rather than a military asset.

[genousti → pydry]

Putin just had the same ask since 2014 . He doesnt want nato weapons near his country. He will create a tampon zone using the east of ukraine. Just as a reminder think about what americans did to escape the cuba missiles

[fomine3 → pydry]

It makes no sense. But Putin wants...