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seitung t1_j2b36gr wrote
Reply to comment by CathrynMcCoy in Russia attacks town in bordering Chernihiv Oblast, causing blackout – President’s Office by sviterochec
They have to capitulate to control. Can’t annex otherwise. They know they could rebuild afterwards.
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Reply to comment by finnlaand in Putin casts war as a battle for Russias survival by R1ckCrypto
Well when you see yourself as your country, and you’re the leader, and you’ve provoked the exact encroachment of the West you were paranoid was happening by acting aggressively to prevent it in a self fulfilling prophecy, then yeah. Same thing really from Putin’s perspective.