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Russia-Ukraine war: What triggered Putin and what may happen next
Fox news ^ | 02/24/2022 | Greg Norman

Posted on 02/24/2022 4:10:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

It had been feared for years: a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. And now, it’s happening.

Images of Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine were perhaps the most chilling that Fox News monitored through a long night during the opening round of the assault.

The question remains: What is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aim?

If it is just to enlarge and solidify the pro-Russian eastern portion of the country that has been disputed for the last eight years that would be grim enough.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: putin; russia; triggered; ukraine
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Biden's big mouth triggered it
1 posted on 02/24/2022 4:10:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep! What worries me more is not Russia invading Ukraine it’s what China is going to do with Taiwan. That is going to get serious Purdy quickly!


2 posted on 02/24/2022 4:13:17 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who cares. This is Bidens mess, let the leftists pay for it. Count me out.


3 posted on 02/24/2022 4:15:14 PM PST by Skul
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Azof neonazi battalion funded by NATO has been killing Donbas region citizens since 2014. At least ten thousand dead. Because they are pro Russian separatists.

Also there was that thing that happened in Kosovo awhile back. 😂😂😂

Our media are really this stupid?


4 posted on 02/24/2022 4:16:07 PM PST by MarMema
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To: ChicagoConservative27

For all those on FR who said Putin was a good Christian man and a good guy what say you now?


5 posted on 02/24/2022 4:16:10 PM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aim?

Conquest.

Next question.


6 posted on 02/24/2022 4:16:24 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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a good Christian man and a good guy

Well, he is a guy.

7 posted on 02/24/2022 4:18:27 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If we never expanded NATO this never happens...


8 posted on 02/24/2022 4:18:41 PM PST by whyilovetexas111
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To: MarMema

Putin is unquestionably rattled by his proxies being defeated. It forced him to change his slow motion conquest of the Ukraine into a rapid and kinetic conquest.


9 posted on 02/24/2022 4:19:09 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: All

Victoria Nuland


10 posted on 02/24/2022 4:22:07 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: Nifster

A KGB man never loses his stripes and is trained to lie about everything, including his religious beliefs.


12 posted on 02/24/2022 4:27:18 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: Nifster

Putin could have started shooting like this in 2014 he settled for the easternmost parts of Ukraine and Crimea.

The “Good Christian Men” of Germany, France, England, Serbia, Austria-Hungary and Russia started World War I to get us to where we are today as I see it.

Sin has been with us since the beginning of time all have sinned.

But I think Putin has a sense that the West is morally bankrupt.

If that’s true all Conservatives have two choices.

1. Blame the Left

2. Look in the mirror at ourselves.

You can pick one or both and be OK IMHO. I can do both but I need to start with the second option.


13 posted on 02/24/2022 4:27:28 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“What triggered Putin”

Larry Sinclair’s boyfriend from Kenya, Samantha Power and her LGBT wokeism pushed onto the world. The Puppet Biden and his degenerate State Department was the last straw.


14 posted on 02/24/2022 4:27:48 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden has no spine, hes a F*****g coward, he is not a leader. Watch the wealth of democrat politicians grow over the next month. In the name of Jesus Christ, Lord, we need another flood!


15 posted on 02/24/2022 4:28:52 PM PST by GunHoardingCapitalist (The cake is a lie!)
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To: Nifster

Doesn’t matter. Putin knows a weak sister like the pedophile fraud sharty-pants cretin in the white hut taking orders from obozo and worse. Putin not only knew he could take what he wanted, it also that he could probably work out a “happy ending” when the negotiations begin.


16 posted on 02/24/2022 4:29:21 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What kind of leader is Biden. He did nothing to avoid this conflict.


17 posted on 02/24/2022 4:31:16 PM PST by FreedBird
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Taking Ukraine isn’t going to be hard for Putin. But keeping and operating Ukraine as a puppet/client satellite isn’t going to be easy for him. The Soviet Union’s Humpty Dumpty can’t just be reassembled. 30 years is a long time, and they say that the country has a young population with more than half the people having no memory of being part of the USSR. And Ukraine is a big freakin’ country, and only a small minority want the Russians there. To some extent, the most apt analogy I can think of is the German invasion/takeover of France in 1939. Even with a surrender and installation of Vichy-style client state, there will be a long term problem of resistance.


18 posted on 02/24/2022 4:32:46 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

Depends what Putin really wants out of this. Some suggest this is all just to force NATO to agree that Ukraine will never be allowed to join. NATO has dragged their feet on this question for years.


19 posted on 02/24/2022 4:34:27 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Caipirabob

Biden State of the Union Address. Fellow Americans, We have failed to lead the country. When a person is compromised, there is little he can do but yield and do what he is told.


20 posted on 02/24/2022 4:34:30 PM PST by FreedBird
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