Comments by "surely you joke, mein failüre" (@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531) on "Why Did Russia Choose Invasion Over Nukes? || Ask Peter Zeihan" video.

@dcc70 Russians and Ukrainians are among the largest demographic minorities in each others country, if not THE largest. People have relatives, employees, friends etc all on both sides of the border. One of them is in the process of becoming more aligned with Europe, purging its old Soviet-minded corruption, more prosperous, more democratic, more pointed to the future - while the other one is still a land of outhouses and dirt roads. Putin apparently couldn't let his people see that.
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@kerwinbrown4180 Sure, as if anyone would find it acceptable if Switzerland or Kazakhstan were to invade neighboring countries to get ocean access.
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