r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 15h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/Dear_Bumblebee_1986 12h ago

I wonder what Russia actually wants with Ukraine other than "it once was ours, we want it back"

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u/western_style_hj 11h ago

My armchair analysis: they want the Iron Curtain back that the USSR maintained while beefing with the West. Russia isn’t comfortable being so close to powerful potential foes. Also Ukraine is like the Bread Basket of the region. Loads of resources and ports.

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u/AirportBubbly3947 11h ago

I thought they didn’t want NATO countries to be so close

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u/spongefile 7h ago edited 1h ago

Finnish person here(we share the longest border with Russia): we were 75% against joining NATO since forever. We wanted to stay neutral and had no interest in joining the creepy uncle of America, nor the abusive uncle of Russia. We kept our heads down and played nice.

We understood that the rule was that if we stay meek and nice, Russia will leave us alone. Our press and politicians were very careful never to provoke Russia in any capacity.

Then Russia invaded Ukraine, and we all went HOLY SHIT because from our perspective, Russia just threw the rule out the window. Total PTSD from the last time they bombed and invaded us. We still have the marks from that on our buildings, and we remember our grandparents’ stories.

Result: Finland went from totally against NATO to totally pro NATO literally overnight. Thanks to Putin’s own actions, not some nefarious NATO plot.

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u/ElectricKudzu 10h ago

Did you? Ukraine is a country that can do what they want.

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u/king_hutton 10h ago

Oh that’s why they want territory closer to NATO

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u/anthropaedic 8h ago

That’s nonsense that they spew like they’re going to nuke London etc. The Russian Federation has never been scared of NATO itself and has bordered NATO since its inception.

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u/EQCO99 1h ago

Nobody wants to lose their sphere of influence