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Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a last ditch effort to recapture former Soviet territory before its oil and gas resources lose economic value.
Simply not credible. Russia has enough drilling sites available to it to serve decades of demand. It set clear reasonable red lines to avoid an invasion, and investing in developing resources on contested land is an extra, unnecessary, risk that makes such investment uneconomic. It is grossly unfair to impute imperialist objective to Russia's special military operation which was purely to prevent rabid NATO expansionist evil.
Except for this war, global oil/liquid fuel demand is declining. But use in the war is just a massive, at least 3% of global diesel use, nevermind the terrorist attacks on refineries/depots/supplies. US aligned nations have simply wanted this war more than Russia all along, and it is unfair to fantasize Russian resource expansion as an objective.
It is surprising how weak Russia actually is. At this point just about any other nation could come in and wipe out the Russian government.
That was the big propaganda hope of suiciding Ukraine. "Surely Russian people will believe complete BS that NATO is a purely defensive alliance that has an open door policy because it loves everyone it captures". Russian economy has outperformed the colonies who embraced their pipeline sabotage. The fantasy of invading Russia has occurred multiple times in the last centuries. It never worked out, and of all of the attempts, this is the biggest failure of them all.
How many NATO countries are former Warsaw Pact that begged and clamored to join quickly after the USSR dissolved? Why did Finland and Sweden finally decide to join NATO?
If not Ukraine, maybe someone from Georgia, Chechnya, Moldova, or Tajikistan could explain it to you.
Propaganda and hatred is a perfectly valid explanation. Georgia escaped stupidity this year despite propaganda objectives. Moldova succeeded in stupidity. Doesn't make Russophobia smart, or an objective good, just because it exists.
LOL propaganda, yeah sure.. I am sure that, let's see here....the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovinia, and especially Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania would all have been safe from Russian interference or invasion if they would have stayed independent. Just like Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Chechnya and Tajikistan are super safe and totally independent and haven't been bothered by Russia since 1991. 🙄
I would respect Putin and his political machine a lot more if they would just commit 100% to continental imperialism, as opposed to trying to hide behind playing the victim. It's so obviously a lie it's laughable. Stop the double-speak. If Ukraine was always Russia, that's all you need to justify yourselves, right? Because we know blaming NATO, de-nazification, and all the rest is all bullshit.
What you are calling BS, is the genuine reality. There is no reason to believe your country list would be under Russian threat after Russia granted their freedom peacefully. The treat exists for being US empire puppets antagonizing Russia out of hatred. Normal human behaviour would not be that corrupt, but US military aid/CIA democracy helps corrupt.
There you go with the double-speak. It works great!
And you’re blocked. What a moron.