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    8 months ago

    Because Ukrainians wouldn’t just stop resisting.

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      8 months ago

      Precisely. Even if the active war stops with Russia taking over Ukraine as a whole or in part, there would need to be repression against the non-conformant Ukrainian population. The fact that the Ukranians haven’t folded a long time ago and keep fighting means there’s a lot of people that would not be happy with Russian government and therefore they should be expected to resist if that happens anyway. Therefore the obvious need for repression. Therefore the continuation of dying and violence under hose conditions.

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        8 months ago

        Yip. Russia would not stop until total control of occupied regions and surroundings was obtained.