Ukraine’s Kursk offensive is a huge strategic error (thehill.com)

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[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A prolonged incursion into Russia could escalate the conflict, drawing in other nations and potentially leading to a catastrophic global confrontation.

Bit of a joke to write this, isn't it. The one country that is escalating things is Russia. They could have always moved back and have given up and this would all be over. Maybe Ukraine would leave the Russian territory if Russia leaves Ukrainian territory? Not sure that's on the table.

Edit: coming back to all the reactions. Just wow, hilarious.

Edit2: haha, they even come back to monitor edits. Fun times.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 26 points 4 months ago

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