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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by bayesian_horse on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:13PM (#30459661)
Yes, countries have neighbors. Learn to deal with it.

Those neighbors are allowed to join defensive agreements. Also Gorbatshov denied being "duped" about NATO expansion. Also Putin has no reason to be bothered by NATO troops in neighbor countries. They aren't anywhere close to invasion strength (even if you are prepared to consider they would want to despite all the treaties).

It's just that the NATO troops would be in the way when Putin decides to reintegrate those neighbors too his historic empire.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by jacquesm on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:13PM (#30459668)
I'm not saying I agree. It's just that Russian politics is a tad more paranoia driven than you might imagine.
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by agumonkey on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:32PM (#30459891)
It makes few sense.. US backed off afghanistan after failure. The tone since Trump is mostly retreat.

I'm just trying to understand.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by jacquesm on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:37PM (#30459956)
It's an internal Russian affair that just happened to spill over into the surrounding countries and that could engulf the world if not dealt with properly. Russia is practically bankrupt, infrastructure is failing they have another 5 to 10 years left and then the bill is due. This may buy them some time, or it may cost them everything.
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by bayesian_horse on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:20PM (#30460457)
How is this buying any time? The sanctions will only make everything worse. There is no profit to be had from exploiting Ukraine, at least not comparable to the military cost and the sanctions.
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by jacquesm on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:51PM (#30460807)
It's buying time because Putin owns it, so his cronies will let him cling to power to either resolve it or pay the price for failure.

If not for this he would have to face the fact that Russia is on its last legs. They won't be able to sustain this war for very long either hence all the bluster about repercussions if other countries decide to help Ukraine prolong the conflict.

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