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I hear this a lot, but living just a few hour drive from the conflict and sharing a border with Russia, my take is that the west is overthinking this.
This is Russian politics which spilled over to another country. You can see it in e.g. how Prigozhin is positioning himself politically.
They're trying to figure out who will lead Russia in the coming years and this invasion is used to further this goal.
Of course there are other objectives, but this is the main one.
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I hear this a lot, but living just a few hour drive from the conflict and sharing a border with Russia, my take is that the west is overthinking this.
This is Russian politics which spilled over to another country. You can see it in e.g. how Prigozhin is positioning himself politically.
They're trying to figure out who will lead Russia in the coming years and this invasion is used to further this goal.
Of course there are other objectives, but this is the main one.