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‘Goal is destruction of Ukraine’: ex-defence minister warns west of Putin’s aim
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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This has been my understanding of the conflict. Ukraine has been steadily and openly moving toward greater integration with Europe / The West, and therefore away from Russia's control.
Trying to understand "Why is Russia doing this?" , the initial invasion, destruction of power infrastructure, dams, occupation of power plant, mining farmlamd, destroying schools and malls, every time the answer is simply: If we can't have it, no one can.