• CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    That makes sense. But wouldn’t leaving the rump state invite the fascists back into power? Does the gained territory really offer much of a buffer for Russia if what’s left of Ukraine keeps getting funded by the West to agitate the region?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      The rump state is not going to be very easy for Russia to destabilize, and eventually Russia will likely end up with a puppet regime there. There’s already precedent for this in Chechnya right now. Meanwhile, the buffer Russia gains comes from the fact that whatever is left of Ukraine will not be able to join NATO. Whatever is left of Ukraine will be demilitarized going forward.