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[–]Edjean50 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

War is Hell. What exactly is Russia even going to gain? The Ukrainian people will never accept their occupation. The country is becoming more and more isolated and ostracized. What's it for? To look better on a map?

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

To occupy Ukraine. To prevent a brother nation from being used as a golem against them. Taking Ukraine gets them at least 25 million 98 IQ slavs identical to Russians. It also gets them a lot of land. Ukraine is one of the world's richest lands in terms of agriculture, mineral resource and coal. Controlling it gives Russia a huge hand in geopolitics as it would be the number one food exporter. The entire middle east is fed by Russian and Ukrainian wheat.

Having both allows Moscow to squeeze Arab balls.

[–]Edjean50 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Ukraine will never accept Russian occupation, it will be a perpetual resistance and insurgency.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The lands occupied by Russia hold 3-5 million people. Where is this mass resistance and insurgency?

[–]romanian 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But isn't the already occupied area the most pro-Russian/ethnically Russian part of the Ukraine? Is it realistic to assume that the other 20 mil (your target of 25 mil - 5 mil already under Russian occupation) won't revolt against Ru administration? The 2 peoples were and remain genetically brothers, but after this war it's hard for me to believe Ukrainians will still look friendly to their Russian Slavic brothers (and this change already started after Donbas 2014 war, no?)

[–]Edjean50 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There have been protests in the occupied regions, problem is fear as the military is firmly entrenched in their land as well as the general devastation Russia has inflicted on the region.

[–]Richard_Parker 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Partition Ukraine along Dnieper. Majority east of the river are Russian. The northern enclave is majority Ukrainian but not by much

[–]asterias 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To prevent a brother nation from being used as a golem against them.

Obviously that's a one-sided relationship.

Taking Ukraine gets them at least 25 million 98 IQ slavs identical to Russians.

That would be janissarism. Forcing people to denounce their identity so you can improve your genetic stock (which in the case of Russia is full of turkic scum) is totally barbarian.