HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@coffeetest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>coffeetest</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@theeconomist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>theeconomist</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> </p><p>(5/n)</p><p>...to half of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, let alone all of it. That might not be what's required.</p><p>I've long held the view, though, that a scorched-earth strategy for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKR</span></a> would be sufficient as a minimal strategic goal for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stateterrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stateterrorists</span></a>: the ethnic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finnish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finnish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KievanRus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KievanRus</span></a> 5) are, IMO, THE heartland of Russia (I'm a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Normanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Normanist</span></a>, btw ;)). The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> population was seen as of the same blood, as brothers,... </p><p>5)<br><a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Kievan_Rus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Kievan_Rus/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>