• SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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        23 hours ago

        Hey quick question, let’s assume everything you think about Russia is true. Why is putin playing along? Why is he emptying soviet vehicle stockpiles and losing troops on droves to a place he said in 2014 he could take in 2 weeks? If the US or NATO actually wanted to invade Russia, now is better than yesterday, and tomorrow will be even better. So why continue a war that only weakens Russia?

        I guess the ultimate question is what is putin trying to accomplish with the invasion?

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            22 hours ago

            A wall of text to a simple question. Classic.

            What metrics can you provide that Russia is getting weaker and not steonger? With the advent of BRICS this will only continue at a greater pace. Countries like Russia and China are ascendant.

            I mentioned depleted stockpiles specifically, but go ahead and pretend I was talking about economics.

            Russia is fighting an existential threat on their border. That’s what they’re trying to accomplish.

            So they take all of Ukraine. Russia now has a border with a nato country, the thing they’re allegedly going to war to prevent. Fucking brilliant.