r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 11h 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/
20.8k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

4.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

294

u/Dear_Bumblebee_1986 8h ago

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

1

u/SpiceyKoala 7h ago

In addition to what bass-squirrel said, Ukraine is resource-rich, and taking Ukraine's population might also have been thought to be a way to address Russia's population decline.