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The Russian government's pre-war speeches and essays revealed that they consider all of Ukraine to be an illegitimate state that was unfairly carved out of Russia. They are not just talking about Donbas and Crimea.

Russia has been somewhat effective in misleading the West into thinking that the conquest is only about Donbas and Crimea. Meanwhile Russian officials all the way up to Putin himself have been hinting or outright stating that the war is about annexing all of Ukraine.

[clouddrover]

> Russia has been somewhat effective in misleading the West into thinking that the conquest is only about Donbas and Crimea.

No one thinks that.

[reducesuffering]

The chief twit with 130 million followers thinks that...

"Ukraine-Russia Peace:

- Redo elections of annexed regions under UN supervision. Russia leaves if that is will of the people.

- Crimea formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev’s mistake).

- Water supply to Crimea assured.

- Ukraine remains neutral."

That's clearly: If Ukraine gives away Donbas and Crimea, Russia will leave.

There seems to be millions of twits that have forgotten that Russia assaulted Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy oblasts

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1576969255031296000

[clouddrover]

An attention-seeking lightweight pontificating on Twitter is no one.