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ificandream

(11,851 posts) Fri Mar 18, 2022, 04:39 PM Mar 2022

What does Putin want and will Russia end its war? -- BBC News

By Paul Kirby/BBC News

When Vladimir Putin shattered the peace in Europe by unleashing war on a democracy of 44 million people, his justification was that modern, Western-leaning Ukraine was a constant threat and Russia could not feel "safe, develop and exist".

But after weeks of bombardment, thousands of deaths and an exodus of millions of refugees, the question remains: what is his war aim and is there a way out?

The goals he set at the start of Russia's invasion appear to have been watered down during the course of a war that he assumed would be swiftly won. He could not even admit it was an invasion or a war, preferring the fiction of a "special military operation".

But what is clear is that he sees this as a pivotal moment in Russian history. "Russia's future and its future place in the world are at stake," says foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin.

Read more: [link:http://|https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589]

Good summation of the situation.

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What does Putin want and will Russia end its war? -- BBC News (Original Post) ificandream Mar 2022 OP

I think he wants Odessa and all the sea access, and the conflict areas in east, weeks/months to go Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2022 #1

I think he'll have to stop before he gets what he wants. I think his country is already tanking lindysalsagal Mar 2022 #2

Shanti Shanti Shanti

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1. I think he wants Odessa and all the sea access, and the conflict areas in east, weeks/months to go

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Fri Mar 18, 2022, 06:01 PM

Mar 2022

lindysalsagal

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2. I think he'll have to stop before he gets what he wants. I think his country is already tanking

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Fri Mar 18, 2022, 06:06 PM

Mar 2022

and he can't keep secrets anymore. The truth always comes out.

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