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Originally Posted by Chris

Ukraine is exposing Russia’s inability to police its own borders at the moment. Ironically, the US escalation management policy that has until now restrained Ukraine from making any serious ground assault within Russia has probably helped here - now Ukraine has gone ahead and done it anyway the Russians have been caught flat-footed, apparently believing Ukraine couldn’t, or wouldn’t, venture over the border and not fortifying it adequately.

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