Comments by "John Roberts" (@view1st) on "Russia River Crossing Setback, Advances Elsewhere, EU Drop Oil Sanctions, Erdogan Opposes NATO Bid" video.

  1. I suspect the real powers behind the throne in the European Union deliberately want to foster the conditions that will make colour revolutions, coups and the like more likely, destabilising the continent and making the assumption to power of authoritarian right wingers like Marine le Pen governments much, much more likely.
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  2. I think the Russians see Ukraine as basically an extension of Russia so fighting Ukrainians is like fighting themselves, almost like a civil war, so they don't want to alienate the majority of Ukraine's citizens any more than they have to, especially as the areas where they live will eventually be absorbed into Russia either_de facto_ or de jure in everything but name (like Belarus) and they'll have to live with each other when all's said and done. They also want as much of Ukraine's infrastructure left intact at the end of the war so that it will reduce the costs of reconstruction.
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