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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by noduerme on Thursday February 24, 2022 @09:40AM (#30455226)
Come and see. They don't have to hold land and in most cases, the strategic goal is to have puppets hold it for them. USSR was three levels deep in puppets (four if you count "republics").
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by unfocussed_mike on Thursday February 24, 2022 @09:43AM (#30455266)
They tried puppets in Ukraine for some time. They also have a dependent client state on another of Ukraine's borders, in Belarus, "led" by a terrified semi-lame autocrat who needs to prove his loyalty to Putin to continue in office.

Bad things (and increasingly belligerent, isolated psychopaths) on two sides.

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