# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)

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**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037 "2022-02-24T08:30:03Z")\
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> [@Russia-Ukraine War Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-war-questions/971478/13):
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> The conventional wisdom why Putin hasn’t declared war and initiated a general mobilization is that doing so would draw troops from his political power base

I saw a comment yesterday that Russia can _withdraw_ from a special conflict at any time. They can claim the objective was met.

Declaring war with a general mobilization is a much bigger commitment. It would be a political embarrassment to lose a war.

Soviet–Afghan War for example is a failure Putin didn’t want to repeat.

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