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Rhiannon12866

(242,098 posts) Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:30 PM Friday

Putin says Western troops would be 'legitimate targets' if they are in Ukraine - CNN The Brief

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that any Western troops in Ukraine would be considered “legitimate targets for defeat,” a day after it was announced that dozens of Western countries have pledged to contribute to a potential peacekeeping force there if a ceasefire deal is agreed.

CNN's Jim Sciutto is joined by Max Bermann, Europe, Russia & Eurasia Program Director, CSIS for a discussion. - Aired on 09/05/2025.

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Putin says Western troops would be 'legitimate targets' if they are in Ukraine - CNN The Brief (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Friday OP

The same thing goes for Russian and North Korean troops in Ukraine too. Botany Friday #1

Botany

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1. The same thing goes for Russian and North Korean troops in Ukraine too.

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Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:09 PM

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Ukraine with help has held off the world’s 2nd biggest military for 3 or 4 years now.
Btw roughly 1/3 of all the North Korean troops (15,000) who have been sent to Ukraine
have been killed or wounded.

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