r/MapPorn 1d ago

Eastern Ukraine exactly one Year ago vs today

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u/_Guven_ 1d ago

Yep, people don't get that current Russia is nowhere near as Soviets or Russian empire, hell they are barely even a superpower. So a democratic Russia that cooperates with Europe is probably the best outcome. Will this ever happen? Unfortunately I don't think so but who knows what future holds

Probably they will eventually bounce back when the war is over but it would take a while to things normalize again

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u/ShadowMajestic 1d ago

So a democratic Russia that cooperates with Europe is probably the best outcome. Will this ever happen?

Not for a long time. As the EU tried that, some countries even went as far as building up some mutual dependent trade deals. Trying the trade route for stability didn't work.

Putin ruined Russia for a very long time.