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John Mearsheimer: Ukraine war is a long-term danger

Pushback with Aaron Mate

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Putin's Objectives in Ukraine

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently said that Putin's objectives in Ukraine were to erase the country from the map and subsume it into Russia. Peter Bergen: There is no evidencePutin had any interest in conquering all of Ukraine. He says a small Russian force could not have been strong enough to conquer entire nation. "It would be like swallowing a porcupine," Bergen adds.

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