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Wounded Bear

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9. All of that, and Russia wants to re-incorporate Ukraine as a province...

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 15, 2019, 09:16 AM

Nov 2019

in the rebirth of the Russian Empire. They still want an ice free port. They have Sevastopol since they seized Crimea, but Ukraine would give them an easier overland route to that port.

Cozying up to Turkey for access to the Dardanelles gets them access to the Mediterranean Sea, at least.

History may not repeat, but it does rhyme.

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All of that, and Russia wants to re-incorporate Ukraine as a province... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #9

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