• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Nope. I think it’ll be worse than Afghanistan for Russia, because pretty much all Ukrainians speak Russian, and that’s a fascinating vector for domestic terrorism in Russia

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      3 days ago

      I don’t really think the two are that comparable, since in one case they were waging a counterinsurgency against a guerilla movement that had the support of much of the people, and in this case they’re waging a conventional war to extract concessions from a government. But I guess time will tell