Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends
by BbzzbB on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:42PM
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I find it weird this idea that Putin was so scared of Ukraine joining NATO because he fears some NATO aggression. By now the most likely objective as far as I'm concerned is that conquering formerly soviet Ukraine has always been in his mind. I could be wrong as I'm not in his head, but to me this war wasn't avoidable by assuring Ukraine's neutrality as some pundits say, at best it was delaying the invasion to the time of his choosing, seemingly now.
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Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends
by throwaway_4ever on Saturday March 05, 2022 @02:24PM
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Yes, anyone believing Putin is scared of NATO offense (he just doesn't want NATO defense) has to reconcile the conflicting viewpoints that he's simultaneously scared of NATO attacking Russia but not worried about them just defending the invasion of a sovereign country, Ukraine...