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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
This war has been going on for 8 years already. Do people still believe the hoax about separatists fighting an internal war? As soon as the 2014 Maiden Revolution threw out Russia's vassal ruler they invaded the east. The point has always been subjugation of Ukraine back into Russia's kleptocracy.
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Did a significant number of people in the West ever believe that hoax? I think they had a number of goals including vassalizing Ukraine and have now pivoted to vassalizing or annexation of as much territory as possible. They failed massively at bringing down all of Ukraine, but getting them out of the Donbass, Kherson, and of course Crimea, is going to be extremely difficult. In a stalemate situation, which side can hold out longer?