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From the Russian perspective, taking out Ukraine's power is strategic and demoralizing.

Though I think we're seeing the Ukrainians are fierce when cornered, so probably isn't the morale breaker they think it is.

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"From the Russian perspective, taking out Ukraine's power is strategic and demoralizing." It would seem to me as though the Russians are living in a glass house when it comes to energy sabotage. The map of Russian petroleum pipelines going through Ukraine is substantial.

At this point it seems as though Putin won't back down for fear of being perceived as weak. He'd rather be seen as a madman. Which may be why some of these choices seem, well...mad.

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