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[โ€“] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

No I think they would and did use it to apply political pressure and relieve military pressure from other fronts by drawing enemy reserves. "Trade it for the Donbas" what are you nine?

[โ€“] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 hours ago

My point is that Russia definitely wanted it, and they definitely wouldn't have come off of it if they conquered it. Pretending it was just a feint or that they didn't really want the capital is just whitewashing Russia's war of conquest.