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Ukraine is/was on track to become a petrostate for Europe, which is a big threat for Russia. Add to that all the other points and he has somewhat „good reason“.
by wusel 5y ago
Ukraine is/was on track to become a petrostate for Europe, which is a big threat for Russia. Add to that all the other points and he has somewhat „good reason“. Russia is also kinda on a decline polulation wise so he must act sooner rather then later. One thing no one notes is that Crimea gets most of its sweet water from Ukraine (which was cut off of course). That was quite the issue, but it seems they advanced now to the location where it was cut off so that’s solved I guess.
- barsonme 5y agoSweet water?
- stickfigure 5y ago"Sweet water" is a common English-language (possibly "American old west") euphemism for fresh water.
- unityByFreedom 5y agoSweet tea maybe.. I've never heard "sweet water" but webster does have this, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20water https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20water > : a sugar solution > especially : one obtained by recovery of waste sugar during refining
- stickfigure 5y agoTry `sweetwater` without the space: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/sweetwater https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/swee...
- presto8 5y agoI would not say it's common: I'm a native (American) English speaker and I've never heard the word before! I would just guess it's some kind of flavored water before reading this thread.
- purple_ferret 5y agoI think he meant sweet as in precious. Fresh water for Crimea came from the mainland and Ukraine blocked it off after it was annexed.
- weisk 5y agoFun idea you got, but not exactly, in some european languages, "sweet water" refers to drinking water, as opposed to what would be "salt water", water from seas and oceans.
- pmontra 5y agoAcqua dolce in Italian is literally sweet water opposed to acqua salata, salt water. It's a common mistake to translate literally expressions and grammatical constructs from one's native language to a foreign language. I probably did it this reply without noticing it: it's long enough to contain some bug.
- SirYandi 5y agoRegular fresh water from the river passing through Ukraine into Crimea, which Ukraine blocked the flow of after Crimea was annexed.
- lepton 5y agoPotable water for drinking etc. The sea there is pretty salty, I think.
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- smoe 5y agoDon't know where GP is from, but "Süßwasser", which translates to sweet water is the German term for water from lakes and rivers in comparison to salty water from the sea. Might be the same in related languages.