CNN: Ukraine officials believe Russian goal is to seize Kiev and topple the Government.

[brooklynite]

[Srkdqltr]

1. You think? Of course that was the intent all along.

[Chuuku Davis]

2. Well no shit!

Profound statement right there.
Journalism is shit nowadays.

[House of Roberts]

3. He's been really angry since the Ukrainian people threw out

his puppet and elected Zelenzky.

Had he merely succeeded in keeping Crimea, and obtaining the Donbas area, the remaining Ukraine would have been heavily anti-Russia and probably become part of NATO eventually.

[Blaukraut]

4. And how long will a puppet government last?

Unless Ukrainians won't be able to hold free and fair elections anymore, they will eventually elect a president of their choosing again.

[brooklynite]

5. You mean the way Russia keeps electing Putin?

[Blaukraut]

6. Right. So there will be no more sovereign Ukraine, despite him claiming otherwise n/t

[sarisataka]

7. Puppet governments don't hold

Free and fair elections. The point of setting up a puppet government is to avoid letting people choose their leader.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Of course that's the plan.