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[โ€“] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's your hypothesis here? Some corrupt folks in Ukraine figured that maybe if Russia attacked and on the chance than the country could maintain a solid defence and assuming that western nations would be willing to send large amounts of military aid over a sustained conflict there could be money to be made? Seems like quite a dice roll to me let alone how they could exert influence over Russia to get them to invade. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're suggesting but it seems pretty implausible to me.