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Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by ailef on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:16PM (#32414435)
> Your assertion that you can't see anyway for Ukraine to win is based on "If Russia loses, it would be the end of Russia". Well, if Ukraine loses it will be the end of Ukraine, so I guess by your logic Russia can't win either? (TBF, everyone losing to some degree is right with war).

One big difference here is that Russia has nuclear weapons and Ukraine does not.

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Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by daemoens on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:41PM (#32414865)
Nuclear weapons are too taboo to use for anything other than existential crises. Losing the war would be incredibly destabilizing, but as long as Ukraine doesn't suddenly start advancing to Moscow, they won't be used.
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