Re:Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Feb 26, 2022
by seandoe on Saturday February 26, 2022 @09:02PM
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Ukraine's warming to the ways of the west makes Russia nervous. Access to the black sea is a strategic issue. Reservoirs in Crimea drying up because their source is in Ukraine proper. I don't defend any of this aggression in the least, but if mexico and Canada started warming up to China, you could imagine how the US would react. Once again, I don't support or defend Russia in this situation, but at the same time I don't think it's the work of a madman.
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Re:Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Feb 26, 2022
by oblio on Saturday February 26, 2022 @10:34PM
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> Access to the black sea is a strategic issue.
Crimea is a good strategic resource, but Russia already has over 1000 km of Black Sea coastline...
Re:Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Feb 26, 2022
by infamia on Sunday February 27, 2022 @12:52AM
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Putin has clearly stated that he does not believe the Ukrainians are a separate people. That should tell you everything you need to know what this is truly about. Putting that aside for a moment, Germany's economy is almost three times the size of Russia's. The UK's economy is twice as big. Russia's economy is smaller than Italy and is just a bit larger than Spain. Russia is simply not powerful enough, nor important enough, to expect a buffer of satellite states like they had 50 years ago.