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> Because war doesn't really have an upside Putin thinks there is an upside - It will deter west from integrating Ukraine into NATO. In a way this makes sense.
by palerdot 5y ago
> Because war doesn't really have an upside
Putin thinks there is an upside - It will deter west from integrating Ukraine into NATO. In a way this makes sense. West just don't want to deal with a Russian headache like this.
- jacquesm 5y agoExcept that that wasn't going to happen anyway... the desire was there on the Ukranian side but just as the EU did not want them to join NATO had already distanced themselves quite a bit.