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Old 02-21-2022, 12:09 PM   #420
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There's very little. The only thing I can think of is that since Ukrainians are expecting invasion, it would makes military sense for them to destroy infrastructure in rebels lands so to make invasion a bit harder. Still not very convincing. However, in Georgia Saakashvili actually did attack with Russian soldiers standing by, and got swept right after. Still not convincing though.
I am still hoping for a peaceful resolution.

However, I can't say I really understand why this is happening now, as it feels like how a frog is slowly boiled...it seemed like this recently spiked, though things have been building up over the course of time.

In this day and age, its not a proxy war...having the major super powers sniping at one another can't end well for anyone.

There needs to be some kind of de-escalation...and even then, based on my interpretation of Putin's history lesson on Ukraine, it seems like the end goal for him is having Ukraine back as a part of Russia - which would be a non-starter for the western countries.
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