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mysticalfruit t1_itly7ta wrote

Reply to comment by BoltgunOnHisHip in Russia's defense chief warns of 'dirty bomb' provocation by letschangethename

That is true. Honestly, I have expect Russia to bomb Crimea and blame Ukraine.

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BoltgunOnHisHip t1_itm0c0r wrote

The trick here is that the civilian population of Crimea is largely culturally Russian. Not that I think that gives Russian any special claim to the place, but it does make the civilians there (seemingly) more compliant. If Russia starts blasting them with cruise missiles and shit that could change really quickly.

So currently Crimea's in this kind of limbo where the status quo is unlikely to change.

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mysticalfruit t1_itm0xr6 wrote

Russia hasn't ever demonstrated that it gives a particular fuck about Russians.

If putin could use Crimea in a way to Ukraine, ever at a high civilian cost, he'd do it in a nanosecond.

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