# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)

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**Created:** [October 29, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972 "2022-10-29T17:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/1906 "2023-01-27T02:38:39Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> (which is exactly what Putin’s _casus belli_ was for invading in the first place.)

This has been Putin’s biggest fail with this war. Supposedly he did not want a Ukraine allied with NATO. He did not want NATO on his border.

Now he’s going to end up with a very well armed and prepared NATO on his border, as well as Sweden and Finland joining NATO as a direct response to Russian aggression.

As an added bonus, he also now has a military that has been exposed as poorly equipped, poorly led and now much reduced.

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