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by lacogubik
1888 days ago
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I think you are overestimating Putin's abilities. I'm not sure it was such a smart move with the war in the Ukraine. Ukraine used to be divided in perception of Russia and it never had strong national identity. Eastern half of country was very pro-Russian. People spoke Russian, watched Russian tv and longed for Soviet times.
Now it is very different, see [0] on how perception has changed and lot more people identify as Ukrainian.
Side effect of the war in the east of Ukraine is that their defense budget more than tripled and its army is much more experienced and bigger than before. Lost their hearts and made them much better in defending themselves in the process. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Ukraine_relations#In_Uk... |
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