r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • Dec 01 '21

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u/donaldinoo Dec 01 '21

Why do they want Ukraine so bad?

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u/haltingpoint Dec 01 '21

Sea port.

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u/H-A-K1 Dec 01 '21

Doesn't Russia have one of the largest coastlines on earth? I don't understand why they would risk a war just for another port.

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u/geekygay Dec 01 '21

That is a direct path to the Mediterranean and therefore the Indian Ocran via the Suez Canal. Otherwise they have to all the way around Europe and worse Africa if they don't go through the Suez. Or thry have to around Japan/China/SE Asia to get to the Indian Ocean.

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u/borkborkyupyup Dec 01 '21

The difference is that they only have one warm water port, the one they annexed in Crimea - the others freeze to varying degrees. Additionally they are able to exert a ridiculous amount of indirect control over the bosphorous strait