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Aggressive-Cut5836 t1_ja5ntji wrote

I don’t know why Putin feels the need to actually win the war in Ukraine. Since he has ironclad control over Russian media, he can simply lie to the Russian people and claim that Russia has already won and ban/censor any discussion that argues against this. He can also make up reasons why Russians can’t visit those areas (where they’d obviously see the true situation) and prevent Russian troops in the area from coming back. As for Russia continuing to be treated like a pariah on the world stage, that would have happened anyway. So it doesn’t detract from the narrative.

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princeps_harenae t1_ja7mv6g wrote

Probably, because his entire leadership has had one aim, to eventually bring Ukraine back into Russia. I think this is important to him because he wants to be remembered as a great conqueror that united Russia again. He likes to compare himself to Peter the Great who conquered Crimea and Ukraine in the 17th century. They were part of the Russian 'Empire' until the fall of the USSR in the 90's.

He doesn't seem to understand that these now sovereign countries want nothing to do with Russia ever again!

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SiarX t1_ja8jwyd wrote

The problem is, TV propaganda does not work on his buddies. Coup is a possible threat.

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