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Russian Negotiations 101. My first offer? You surrender everything, submit to enslavement, and completely disarm. Final offer. What's the point of talking to these nihilist barbarians? (kyivindependent.com)
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[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It was a throwaway quip but Wikipedia says:

a proxy war is an armed conflict where at least one of the belligerents is directed or supported by an external third-party power

So the Ukraine war fits squarely in that definition. Other examples I found cited online were Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviets in Afghanistan - all of which have a major power as one of the direct belligerents

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 0 points 6 hours ago

Yup, looks like it fits the definition without a stretch