• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    I understand their motivation for 2014 invasion of Crimea. It went so well that they thought they could do it again and the world would ignore it. I don’t understand why Russia continues now that it is clear that they’re going to lose and they’ve become a global pariah. Russia is well on its way to being a vassal state to China.

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      1 year ago

      imagine trying to tell putin 2 years ago that in 2023 he’d be pulling his ships back from Crimea and putting out the red carpet for North Korea to beg for military equipment assistance.

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      I don’t understand why Russia continues

      Simple. If they last until 2024 and Trump gets elected, he’ll deliver Ukraine to Putin wrapped in a bow. Also, Putin knows if he loses Crimea, he’ll go from being president to hanging from a lamp post.