r/worldnews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 21h ago

Russia/Ukraine ‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83674
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u/Otter 20h ago

And does anyone remember the stated reasoning for the invasion in the first place? It was largely to bolster defenses against the "growing threat" of NATO. Dude. Ukraine could be a card-carrying member of NATO and Russia would be fine. Because...and hear me out here... No. One Wants. Russia. No invasion threat. From anyone. At all. Everyone bordering Russia is happy to either a) ignore them or b) straight up trade openly with them. This situation was so, so avoidable.

Now is the time to just pack up and go home. Work out some deal that provides safety assurances for the people in Donbas and then peace out. This isn't going to end well, otherwise.

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u/jlindf 18h ago

And the sole reason Sweden and Finland finally joined NATO was this stupid war. Congratulations Putin, what you managed to accomplish with your war against NATO "expansionism" was increasing your border with NATO by 1340 kilometers.