Come on, they want a genocide of the ukranian people and to annex the territory.
That's all this has ever been about. Money. Land and resources.
Also power.
Ukraine just before the invasion of Crimea had just discovered that the Donbas region had a massive untapped natural gas/methane deposit. It would have ended Russian control of EU methane. Its suspected that is why Putin has been pushing for all of Donbas.
Its also about trying to make all of the soviet bloc countries stay tied to Russia.
You have to read past the propaganda and evaluate Russian motives based on their actions, not their rhetoric.
Based on Russian actions and events, one can easily surmise they want to genocide themselves, and sabotage their country so badly that it will go from a 3rd rate to a 4th rate shithole.
They want China to annex the eastern portions and Europe to annex to the Urals because they hate themselves more than anything. As good a job as Ukrainians are doing, no one kills more Russians than Russians.
I really wish this war could be over so Zelinsky can get back to making hilarious sitcoms for Netflix
What fucking idiots. I feel bad for the (good) people there, but after all the pain and destruction Russia caused, I hope at the end of this they end up a broken, destitute, isolated nation too weak to ever be a threat to anyone else ever again...
The USA has no leverage left to put on Russia, trump is too weak and won't go after Putin.
The only thing that would change the status quo at the negotiating table is external influence on the battle field by a western power. Something no one wants to commit to in fear of escalation.
Meanwhile Ukraine will get a raw deal losing a third of its territory with the very real prospect of Russia walking in and taking the rest in a few years time.
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