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> What does Russia do? Russia appears to have staked the farm on this operation. Can it afford anything less than total victory? I haven't been tracking develo
by tyrfing 5y ago
> What does Russia do? Russia appears to have staked the farm on this operation. Can it afford anything less than total victory?
I haven't been tracking developments very closely, but a minimal set of objectives would be claiming land up to the Donetsk/Luhansk oblast boundaries under DPR/LPR flags, which can be framed as a victory. Nukes are unlikely compared to simply changing what "victory" means.
- alephxyz 5y agoThey've destroyed the dams blocking the canals supplying Crimea, established a land bridge between Crimea and the Donbass and cut off most of Ukraine's black sea access. That's enough for a "victory" in terms of domestic propaganda (especially if they have footage of captured Azov battalion soldiers), which might be why they gave up on Kiev and are manoeuvring to solidify their gains in the east.