Re:Ukraine’s new rockets are wreaking havoc on Russia’s army
by greedo on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:03PM
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You keep saying "civil war." It was nothing of the sort. It was a Russian operation to seize the Donbass after the Maiden revolution. The 2022 invasion is just Russia being more overt instead of relying on "little green men."
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Re:Ukraine’s new rockets are wreaking havoc on Russia’s army
by dragonwriter on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:06PM
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> You keep saying "civil war." It was nothing of the sort. It was a Russian operation to seize the Donbass after the Maiden revolution.
Well, to weaken Ukraine; the invasion of much of Eastern Ukraine and the seizure of Crimea were both part of that.
The 2022 “special military operation” was to complete the destruction of the independent Ukraine regime with a decapitation, but failed and was forced to pivot to seizing more land to try to drive the long term dynamic more in Russia’s favor.