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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by newuser94303 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:04PM (#30459540)
The whole thing is very puzzling. Russia will take Ukraine but Ukraine is one of the poorest countries in Europe. There is no way that Russia can conquer all of Europe. The West will not attack because Russia has nukes. The sanctions will eventually wear Russia down. What is the end game? Is he that confident that the West will just forgive and forget?
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by CobrastanJorji on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:08PM (#30459600)
It reads to me as different goals. You know those slightly asymmetric board games where different players have different objectives? I think Putin has already amassed effectively infinite money and power, so his new goal is immortality, which I think means establishing a greater legacy by restoring as much of the the Soviet Union's old borders as it can. This is probably not actually in Russia's interests, but the goal isn't "Russia succeeds," it's "Putin remembered as great."
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by vanviegen on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:39PM (#30459979)
This explanation seems rather plausible to me, but is getting downvotes. What am I not seeing?
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by t-writescode on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:39PM (#30459981)
Yes. And we probably will.

He wants a warm water port.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by LandR on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:28PM (#30461209)
Russia has no warm water ports currently ?
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by NateEag on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:00PM (#30461525)
Not sure if GP is serious or joking. Russia's history has been half-jokingly summarised as "the search for a warm-water port."

https://www.jstor.org/stable/44642451

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by t-writescode on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:47PM (#30461414)
I don't believe they have any Western, warm-water ports.
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by EugeneOZ on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:16PM (#30461059)
The end game is to receive another puppet-state close to Russia. It's the only target.
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