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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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[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 week ago

No the original goal, as stated by Putin, was to disrupt NATO activities on the Eastern border that were indistinguishable from deploying nuclear capabilities that allowed the USA to continue pursuing its dream of a nuclear first strike.