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Re:What Is at Stake in Ukraine by jacquesm on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:23AM (#31039377)
And failing to take the rest of Ukraine might lose them one eventually.
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Re:What Is at Stake in Ukraine by causi on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:38AM (#31039497)
A serious danger is that Putin deciding it's worth a war to take the Bessarabian Gap indicates he might think it's worth a war to take the baltic sea coast.

https://i.imgur.com/0fIjhmB.jpg

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Re:What Is at Stake in Ukraine by jacquesm on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:41AM (#31039526)
Yes, I've been saying that for 20 years. I have a lot of interests and family in the Baltics and NE Poland and this is a main point of worry for me. Russia could make a play for the Suwalki gap in a day or two at most, and then we'd have a real problem.
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