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Rostov holds the HQ of the Russian ministry of defense, and is also a major logistics hub.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The idea of a major nuclear power like Russia having a civil war is terrifying, but hopefully Ukraine will be able to take advantage of this.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

It's a special internal discussion.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This doesn’t sound like a civil war. This sounds like a shake up at most.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, I agree. I think this will fizzle out before long. However, on the off chance this does blow up into a full-blown civil war, who knows whose hands the nukes are going to fall into?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That's what I was thinking. Push out all the Russian soldiers (or convince them to switch sides, which seems remarkably easy at this point) while Putin is otherwise occupied. That would end the war, and with so much else on his plate, Putin might think twice about restarting it.