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• _ink_ 2y ago
  So, their march on Kyjiw was just a lapse? They realised half way and this is why they turned? Ridiculous.
  • arandomusername 2y ago
    Even then they were ready to sign a peace deal that was what I said: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/15/world/europe/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/15/world/europe/... And the march on kyiv was an attempt to strongarm them into that deal, yeah.
• herculity275 2y ago
  They have similar ideas about Moldova and the Baltics. The intense militarization within the Russia is not going to end anytime soon - we've seen this play out in Germany 90 years ago, why do you think this time will be different?
  • arandomusername 2y ago
    No they don't. Why didn't Russia do anything when the Baltics were in the process of joining NATO? If they had plans for them, they were going to do it before they joined the biggest defense alliance. If you think this is like Germany 90 years ago, I recommend you read up some history.
    • dtquad 2y ago
      The Baltics joined NATO in 2004 when the Russian economy was less than 1/4th the size of what it is now and Russia had just come out of the economic chaos of the 1990s. Their armed forces were also deeply dysfunctional and underfunded back then and struggled against pockets of Chechen separatists.
    • dang 2y ago
      Please make your substantive points without crossing into personal attack. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html