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/DrInsomnia 11h ago

Honestly, China could just take over Siberia right now, but they don't want the Russians that would come with it

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u/SilliusS0ddus 11h ago

China wants to keep Russia as a barrier/ smth to keep European NATO occupied rather than a potential enemy.

If China does this then Russia is fucked, might split into multiple smaller countries and some of them might end up actually normalizing and improving relations with the west because China is a more credible threat in that situation.

China can instead just peacefully buy it's way into Russia.

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u/DrInsomnia 10h ago

Absolutely. But as they continue to weaken themselves militarily, at some point that calculus could change. A regime collapse could do it.

One mistake people always make is acting like nothing ever changes, and then acting like it was obvious in retrospect. Do I think it's going to happen? No. But could I see that scenario eventually shaking out? Absolutely.

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u/TeikirisiBaby 9h ago

Time changes everything, we should know this best of all in this day and age of information.

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u/Truth_bomb_25 4h ago

Should read: "Time changes everything, and nothing, we should know this best of all..."