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That all assumes he's trying to invade and take over Ukraine, which I don't think is the case at all. Hence why they're not destroying the air force, internet a

by zo1 5y ago

That all assumes he's trying to invade and take over Ukraine, which I don't think is the case at all. Hence why they're not destroying the air force, internet and other civilian infrastructure.

jacquesm 5y ago
That's backwards.
marcosdumay 5y ago
Well... If he is not trying to invade Ukraine, what is he trying to do?
- lowkey 5y ago
  One hypothesis making the rounds on Twitter is that Putin’s bombing campaign was targeting US funded biolabs in Ukraine [0][1] which the Russians have previously complained about [2] [0] https://twitter.com/Manifestor4/status/1497162095762288672/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Manifestor4/status/1497162095762288672/p... [1] https://twitter.com/jqkennedy17/status/1496793895040008192/photo/1 https://twitter.com/jqkennedy17/status/1496793895040008192/p... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-nikolai-patrushev-vladimir-putin-biological-weapons-1581896 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-nikolai-patrushev-vlad...
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    I don't buy it. That didn't need an invasion prepared for many months. It's spending billions to do something that could be done for millions.
    - lowkey 5y ago
      I agree, bombing labs from the air doesn't warrant boots on the ground, so it's obviously not the full explanation. I shared the hypothesis because grandparent comment asked what other reason there could be - this was one.
- lowkey 5y ago
  Not exactly the question you asked but this Twitter thread talks about, why Putin wants to invade Ukraine: https://mobile.twitter.com/akheriaty/status/1497835354933526528 https://mobile.twitter.com/akheriaty/status/1497835354933526... Answer: multiple potential reasons = it’s complicated
api 5y ago
They don’t want to destroy Ukraine. They want to make it a puppet state that they can extract value from economically. Smashing everything is counterproductive if that is your goal.

by zo1 5y ago

That all assumes he's trying to invade and take over Ukraine, which I don't think is the case at all. Hence why they're not destroying the air force, internet and other civilian infrastructure.

jacquesm 5y ago

That's backwards.

marcosdumay 5y ago

Well... If he is not trying to invade Ukraine, what is he trying to do?

lowkey 5y ago
One hypothesis making the rounds on Twitter is that Putin’s bombing campaign was targeting US funded biolabs in Ukraine [0][1] which the Russians have previously complained about [2] [0] https://twitter.com/Manifestor4/status/1497162095762288672/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Manifestor4/status/1497162095762288672/p... [1] https://twitter.com/jqkennedy17/status/1496793895040008192/photo/1 https://twitter.com/jqkennedy17/status/1496793895040008192/p... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-nikolai-patrushev-vladimir-putin-biological-weapons-1581896 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-nikolai-patrushev-vlad...
- jacquesm 5y ago
  I don't buy it. That didn't need an invasion prepared for many months. It's spending billions to do something that could be done for millions.
  - lowkey 5y ago
    I agree, bombing labs from the air doesn't warrant boots on the ground, so it's obviously not the full explanation. I shared the hypothesis because grandparent comment asked what other reason there could be - this was one.
lowkey 5y ago
Not exactly the question you asked but this Twitter thread talks about, why Putin wants to invade Ukraine: https://mobile.twitter.com/akheriaty/status/1497835354933526528 https://mobile.twitter.com/akheriaty/status/1497835354933526... Answer: multiple potential reasons = it’s complicated

api 5y ago

They don’t want to destroy Ukraine. They want to make it a puppet state that they can extract value from economically. Smashing everything is counterproductive if that is your goal.