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To: Sdgla who wrote (761545)4/18/2022 5:13:31 PM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793717
 
Unfortunately, this is true:

"But they also need to understand that the main goal isn’t assistance to Ukraine by the West," Putin continued. "Ukraine is the means to achieve such goals that don’t have anything in common with the interests of the Ukrainian people.".



To: Sdgla who wrote (761545)4/18/2022 9:21:59 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793717
 
The Russian president said that the purpose of the special operation "is to provide assistance to people living in the Donbass, who feel their inextricable connection with Russia and who have been subjected to genocide for eight years"

...sure thing there Vladi.........and

‘Raymond Shaw Is the Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Human Being I’ve Ever Known in My Life’:

how does one reconcile aiding Russians in the Donbas with sending a large force up out of Crimea and turning west taking Kherson before being stopped at Mykolaiv.....had they not been stopped at Mykolaiv, they would be in Odessa NOW...and then west to the Romanian border