Comments by "Arty" (@arty5876) on "Putin's Humiliating Retreat from Kherson: The Latest Battlefield Update" video.

The Western media was talking that Russia would capture Kiev in 3 days. In reality capture of Kiev wasn't the target of war
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@gazpachopolice7211 Russia's goal is to prevent the expansion of NATO at the expense of Ukraine, and to resolve the issue of self-determination of people in the Donbass. In order to resolve the issue of Donbass, it is necessary to establish control over the Donbass. And in order to solve the NATO issue, there are many options. The capture of Kyiv and the establishment of a puppet government in Ukraine is just one of the options. However, there are costs - if we bring troops to Kyiv in order to capture the whole of Ukraine, then the international community will be against it. And if we withdraw troops from Kyiv, we will show the whole world that we are not going to capture all of Ukraine. And about the non-accession of Ukraine to NATO, you can agree on negotiations with the existing government
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@gazpachopolice7211 The capture of Kyiv was not the goal. In March, there were talks in Istanbul between the Foreign Ministries of Russia and Ukraine. These negotiations are the result of pressure on the Ukrainian leadership. The supply of troops to Kyiv was needed only in order to put pressure on the government of Ukraine. Russia brought troops to Kyiv to play on the nerves and put pressure on Zelensky to force him to sign a peace on terms favorable to Russia. But the capture of Kyiv was not the goal, or was an optional step. When the presence of Russian troops near Kyiv ceased to play a role and put pressure on the Ukrainian leadership, the negotiations in Istanbul ended. Then Russia withdrew troops from Kyiv as they were not needed there.
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@TheSucram729 It is not necessary to capture Kyiv to force the government of Ukraine to surrender. When there was a five-day war in Georgia in 2008, Russian troops approached Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Georgian government raised a white flag. Putin wanted to do the same in Ukraine. The troops were brought to Kyiv in order to put pressure on the leadership of Ukraine and persuade Ukraine to the negotiations that were held in March. But the Russian offensive got bogged down in the suburbs of Kyiv, and the Ukrainian government was no longer afraid, after which Ukraine ended the negotiations. After that, Russia withdrew troops from Kyiv
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@TheSucram729 yes
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