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The future commander of the Estonian Defense Forces: The war must be able to be taken to Russian territory (yle.fi)

submitted 8 months ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Yeah they won’t be using nukes regardless of how the west “escalates”. They can leave Ukraine and end this whenever they want.

[+] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -12 points 8 months ago

I’m not so sure if that. Putin is dying or so the stories go. He may escalate to nuked at some point.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I agree, putin is looking to glorify his accomplishments as "president". I think the moment he wants to use nukes his ersatz administration will be forced to pull the plug. Hopefully he dies as humiliatingly as all fascists deserve to die.

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I’m hoping his people pull the plug. I’m actually surprised they haven’t done it yet.

The average Russian doesn’t want nuclear war anymore than anyone else.

Historically the Russians have showed constraint with nuclear weapons. I hope that continues.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Agreed, the people of Russia deserve better.

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -3 points 8 months ago

I am surprised Putin is still in power.

The coup in the 90’s was very telling about the average Russian. When they didn’t agree. They didn’t do it.

I don’t think the average Russian agrees with invading Ukraine. Yet, he’s still sitting in power.

The rumor is he has cancer but recently he’s looked pretty healthy. I was hoping the rumor would ge true and this would sort itself out.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

His successor will still be some flavor of authoritarian. My hope is that within the 3rd administration after putin the world will see Russians leading democracy.

That is to say, I'd like to see truly free and fair elections, rights of the people restored, ethnic Russian culture accepted and embraced, progressive social values supported, and freedom of the press protected.

This is the Russia I hope for.