• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Not exactly a proxy war when Russian troops are personally in Ukraine. That’s just a war.

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      5 months ago

      The Korean War had over a million NATO troops and also tens of thousands of Soviet troops and, somehow, remained a proxy war. A particularly bloody one, but there was still no actual open full-scale warfare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Even China and America remained officially at peace, despite making up the majority of the forces on each side

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      5 months ago

      Russia is actively in Syria from the end of 2015 as an official belligerent, it’s not something new for Russia to fight directly while others use only proxies.

      But I can see your point; still - officially - this is only a three days military operation. When that stance will finally change in the official channels, it will mean they can’t hold the mask anymore.

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      5 months ago

      It’s a proxy war because the two major powers are fighting in an area neither of them own.

      Iraq was a proxy war, even though US troops were there.