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Xolodno

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3. Just the parts he wants.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 01:38 PM

Feb 2017

It would be more of a headache to pacify western Ukraine and too obvious. He'll turn eastern Ukraine into a permanent semi-autonomous region that the government in Kiev will have very little control over. Should the country collapse then expect a partition.

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