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It’s worth bringing up the case of the Chechen war, where Russia eventually prevailed, but at enormous human cost of to all sides and, as usual, civilians.
by rich_sasha 5y ago
It’s worth bringing up the case of the Chechen war, where Russia eventually prevailed, but at enormous human cost of to all sides and, as usual, civilians.
- rosndo 5y ago“prevailed”
- XorNot 5y agoOf course a country without infrastructure or cities is pretty much as valuable as not having conquered it at all. Though literally nothing about this war makes a lick of strategic sense for Russia.
- DyslexicAtheist 5y ago> Though literally nothing about this war makes a lick of strategic sense for Russia. see "Natural gas transmission system of Ukraine" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_transmission_system_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_transmission_syste... the discussion about Norstream2 and to a lesser extent NATO membership: Since Russia is an oligarchy its "sense" is defined by Putin's ego such as "reuniting Russia" again as it was and ruling it as its Tsar.