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Putin Thought Ukraine Would Negotiate
So he decides to go in but I think he Thought at the beginning and this was a False assumption that he would have Someone to negotiate with So he said I'm going to go in really Initially with only about 90 000 troops Organized into small contingents he gave Strict orders that they were to avoid Collateral damage at all costs didn't Want to kill anybody he knew he was Moving into an area which was largely Russian anyway But he also didn't want to kill Ukrainian forces at that point he said I Want to demilitarize the place but he Said I don't want unnecessary casualties On the Ukrainian side and remember from His vantage point These were also Slavic cousins Brothers Whatever you want to call them and the Russians felt that way I think initially
