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[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

No I think they would and did use it to apply political pressure and relieve military pressure from other fronts by drawing enemy reserves. "Trade it for the Donbas" what are you nine?

[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

My point is that Russia definitely wanted it, and they definitely wouldn't have come off of it if they conquered it. Pretending it was just a feint or that they didn't really want the capital is just whitewashing Russia's war of conquest.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

This is you deciding what you want to be true in the face of all evidence to the contrary to preserve the very simplistic good guys/bad guys narrative you prefer.

[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago