PwnallthethingsFeb 10, 2023
Curious if this is the 2021 plan, or an updated one, but, uh, yeah, folks who keep pretending R's long-term plans stop inside Ukraine are extremely not paying attention.
https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-politics-european-union-maia-sandu-moldova-90d280ff05db38bf0685a96c2203286b
Zelenskyy: Ukraine caught Russian plan to 'destroy' Moldova

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country has intercepted plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova, and Moldovan intelligence confirmed the claim.

Associated Press
Show threadtom4okstateFeb 10, 2023
@Pwnallthethings many people have convinced themselves there's some easy way out here. Bargain away Donetsk Luhansk and Crimea and the problem goes away is just a total misunderstanding of the lessons Moscow would take which would be 'the West is weak. They have no stomach to directly stand up to Russia and Russia will not be constrained.'
Show threadAbhi Beckert 🇺🇦Feb 10, 2023
@tom4okstate @Pwnallthethings I don't think there's an "easy" way out but I do think we could save everyone (even russia) a lot of pain and suffering by just ripping the bandaid off and responding with proper force. Sometimes you just have to get your friend to punch a bully in the face.
Show threadtom4okstate
@abhibeckert @Pwnallthethings I'm not there yet. But where I am is I think we should give them literally any weapon outside of nuclear weapons that they request. I don't think there should be any constraints on where they can use those weapons either.
Feb 11, 2023 at 12:45amWeb