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To: delta7
Vlad has , per his speech, mostly denatzified Ukraine, and close to demilitarizing Ukraine.

"Denatzify" has no military meaning. It is a propaganda word.

Demilitarizing? I do not see it. If the foreseen encirclement and destruction of the Ukrainian forces is successful, then, maybe.

The problem is Russia is losing military material about as fast as the Ukrainians, which makes it a pyrrhic victory.

When he destroys Ukrainian capacity to make weapons, he is destroying capacity which was used to arm Russia.

Maybe he is after natural resources. There might be a win there, but it is too early to tell.

26 posted on 04/23/2022 3:30:14 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Denatzify” has no military meaning. It is a propaganda word.
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Political value. When I worked in Moscow the WW2 victory celebrations were and still are legendary events. Denazify has little meaning to modern day west, but has huge importance to the Russian people.


27 posted on 04/23/2022 3:37:27 PM PDT by delta7
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To: marktwain

This is absolutely about natural resources. This is textbook Russian banditry as practiced for hundreds of years. Russification is already happening. Stalinist goon squads deployed, Ukrainians deported to the gulag, etc. We’ve seen this movie before from Russia.


32 posted on 04/23/2022 3:48:47 PM PDT by lodi90
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Since Putin’s goal was to take away the oil and gas in eastern Ukraine and around Crimea, he might achieve his objective. Since he is using up his military resources fast, while Ukraine keeps getting more of these from Europe and the US, it appears that Putin will be behind.


46 posted on 04/23/2022 6:16:38 PM PDT by gleeaikin ("")
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