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25. Absolutely fact

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 09:07 AM

19 hrs ago

Ukraine was the brain trust and industrial center of Russia before the fall of the USSR. Most ship building and design was centered there. Their aviation design and production centers were there. Food production was there. Putin knew he had to have Ukraine to rebuild his intellectual and industrial base. Instead, it is the leopard that ate his face.

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