i think you, and a lot of people who have been posting in /uhg/ over the last 2 years, care way too much about the optics and the propaganda war. probably because we're fatigued from dealing with shills who will make arguments over the absolute most minor things. landmines, bunkers, trenches etc can't invade another country. they can provide cover for skirmishes or failed attacks or whatever but it's not a big deal and i don't think the vast majority of those in the west who bootlick russia (which is only a small minority to begin with) believe that ukraine was on the cusp of launching a devastating attack on russia anyway. almost no one would be swayed one way or the other if ukraine had better defences.     alright tbf maybe i didn't really know what i was talking about but i still think that, even without the benefit of hindsight, war was basically inevitable
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