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Ceasefire: Ukrainians Died in Vain - Antiwar.com (original.antiwar.com)
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On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with a small force of around 142,000 troops. Not enough to conquer Ukraine, the invading force was sufficient to persuade Ukraine to the negotiating table. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that was the original goal of the military operation: “[t]he troops were…

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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I invade most of my neighbors with 100 thousand troops all the time to force them into negotiations. Yeah, seems reasonable.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Everything else had been tried. Ended with the west lying to Russians face (Minsk 2). Once peaceful diplomatic means are exhausted, what did you think would happen? War is diplomacy by other means. To freely quote Klausewitz.

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