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BootinUp

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2. I'm going to take the opportunity here

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Mon Feb 26, 2024, 12:41 AM

Feb 2024

So lets start at the beginning of the full scale invasion. What do you think the reason was for the full scale invasion. What did Putin want or still wants? I will wait for you to answer.

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Here... littlemissmartypants Feb 2024 #1

I'm going to take the opportunity here BootinUp Feb 2024 #2

Of course, Putin thinks Ukraine was a part if Russia Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #3

not exactly. It was definitely talked about in the early reports. BootinUp Feb 2024 #4

Perhaps. But heard this week Putin reiterating that Ukraine was a part of Russia. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #5

He even sent an assassination squad after Zelensky in the early weeks. BootinUp Feb 2024 #7

That's what i dont fully buy into, from afar. The all-or-nothing idea Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #8

Well we can step back once more and talk about why Putins goal is to BootinUp Feb 2024 #9

The solution is the West, and the US in particular, providing all of the aid that Ukraine needs Kennah Feb 2024 #6

More money? . Is there an end game? Or just war forever more? Sorry, Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #10

Defeat Putin with Ukrainian soldiers or with NATO soldiers? Choose Kennah Feb 2024 #11

Putin's demonstrated bad-faith negotiations too many times in the past. Torchlight Feb 2024 #12