re: #166 Teukka

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Trying to herd the Ukrainians to use specific grain terminal(s)?
Also, is it just me, or are the Russians trying to provoke an intervention they then can use as the casus belli for a wider conflict?
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I think the Russians are looking for a direct conflict - but not because they want a wider war.

Because they can more easily explain to the hapless Russian populace getting their asses handed to them by NATO then Ukraine.