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by vlovich123 1275 days ago
With Russia‘s nukes, it seems unlikely Ukraine will invade Russia. It’s possible they wouldn’t be so cautious of Russia if it had disarmed its nuclear capabilities.

EDIT: fixed the multiple wording mistakes that made the statement nonsense from start to finish.

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It seems unlikely that Ukraine will invade Ukraine, because Ukraine occupies Ukraine and has done so ever since Ukraine became Ukraine.

Perhaps you mean that it seems unlikely Ukraine will invade Russia due to Russian nuclear capability? What do you mean when you say "without Russia's nukes" (do you mean "with")?

By Russia's fucked up interpretation of reality, Ukraine has already invaded Russia and is currently occupying two of its cities.

Or did you mean they would invade real Russian territory, like Moscow? Why would they do that?

Russia territory from before all the conflict

> why would they do that

Russia has a regime that’s clearly hostile to Ukraine. Additionally, they have a history of trying to assisted people in their way politically. So, if you’re successfully pushing back the army, you have the momentum to try to overthrow this regime and ensure some long term security on your border. Whether or not that would work or be wise would be separate calculus but nuclear weapons in the hands of an unstable leader adds at least a little bit uncertainty that would make you pause in addition to everything else.

They might, for instance, get tired of Russia sending missiles at Ukraine, and decide to go after the launch sites.