Maria Butina: What is Russia achieving in Ukraine?
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Is It True That Russian Forces Are Preparing to Take Control of the Country?
It would be naive from the west to expect that separation could end in a week. We understand very clearly that vladimir putin expected ukranian resistance to be minimal. And one reason we know that is that state media in russia had prepared victorious articles, which were published by mistake,. within two days of the invasion, declaring victory. That's what you thought would happen, but it didn't.
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