Jiang says Ukraine has no future as a nation because of massive casualties, refugee flight, and the strategic importance of the resource-rich east.
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Eastern Ukraine
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...is preoccupied in trying to control the Donbass, which is basically eastern Ukraine. Why Russia is doing this is that eastern Ukraine has historically..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...is preoccupied in trying to control the Donbass, which is basically eastern Ukraine. Why Russia is doing this is that eastern Ukraine has historically..."
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"...thing is that so Ukraine is divided into Western Ukraine and Eastern Ukraine. Ukraine is historically Russian. Western Ukraine is traditionally Poland. And the..."
"...is preoccupied in trying to control the Donbass, which is basically eastern Ukraine. Why Russia is doing this is that eastern Ukraine has historically..."
"...that the industrial and agricultural heartland of ukraine is actually in eastern ukraine not western ukraine western ukraine is actually a poor uh resource..."
"...because at the end of the day uh russia sees um eastern ukraine especially donbass as part of russian civilization it wants to be..."
"Once they have Odessa, they have control of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine becomes landlocked and Russia will be able to control the Black Sea access...."
"...that Russia can slowly, slowly advance, um, and control all of Eastern Ukraine. And there's very little that NATO can do, can do about..."
"...Once Russia has Odessa, then it controls the coastline. It controls eastern Ukraine, which is the agricultural industrial heartland of Ukraine. Western Ukraine would..."
"...like ethnic cleansing what's been happening in the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine. And Putin felt compelled to help his people. I think the..."
"Throughout Eastern Ukraine, and in about six months time, they're able to encircle Odessa. And if they capture Odessa, then the entire Eastern Ukraine..."
"...that Russia now has battlefield dominance it basically controls most of eastern Ukraine the Donbas region and the Ukrainian military because of its relentless..."
"...trade and logistics in the Black Sea. And once Russia controls eastern Ukraine, the war is over because eastern Ukraine is the agricultural and..."
"...its main strategic objectives, which is basically the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Secondly, not only has the Russian economy not been destroyed, but..."
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