If that happens, in the spirit of POTUS, Iwant recognition that I predicted it...
In January.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4287648/posts?page=24#24
I’m sure I said it even earlier than that. There’s never been anything but a massive tar baby for Russia in trying to hold onto the depopulated parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Mariupol to Rostov is a prize and Ukraine couldn’t afford its reconstruction. Dittos Crimea. Tough sell to Ukraine but they’ll have to concede.
Enerhodar under American protection would be a good compromise allowing Russia to withdraw without losing face. Ukraine has the expertise to out it back into commission... While Russia lacks the wherewithal. The npp will be inoperable if the russkies carry on using it as a car park.
Putin’s ports and airbases in occupied Crimea are under Ukrainian fire control. And 30% of his Black Sea flotilla sleeps with the fishes. Crimea has no economy now. Another reason why Putin will return ZNPP and occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as part of the deal.