On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with a small force of around 142,000 troops. Not enough to conquer Ukraine, the invading force was sufficient to persuade Ukraine to the negotiating table. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that was the original goal of the military operation: “[t]he troops were…

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On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with a small force of around 142,000 troops. Not enough to conquer Ukraine, the invading force was sufficient to persuade Ukraine to the negotiating table. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that was the original goal of the military operation: “[t]he troops were…

  • AdeptusPrimaris@lemmy.ml
    6·
    6 hours ago

    Sorry to be off topic, I’ve been away from lemmy for 4 or so months.

    The amount of ex redditor types and accounts from .world(reddit lite) looks to have increased a lot on .ml posts comments since the last time i was here.

    It’s weird, more unsettling/ annoying i suppose. I unsubbed from .world so i don’t see their trash, and now I’m seeing it there

  • markinov@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    12·
    9 hours ago

    And it nearly worked. Within weeks, in Istanbul, a negotiated peace was within reach. It was only after the United States, the UK, Poland and their NATO allies pushed Ukraine off the path of diplomacy and onto the continued path of war that Putin mobilized more troops and more resources.