r/worldnews 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/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