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		jacquesm on Feb 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders a... That's mostly because they have more to lose.

wbsss4412 on Feb 24, 2022 [–]

That doesn’t really answer the question.

You claimed that this wasn’t inevitable. From today’s vantage point, it seems pretty clear that this was Putin’s intent all along.

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