I agree that Putin’s most probable approach is to take sections of Ukraine soon rather than trying to take all of it all at once.
Taking all of it would never happen. That would be like if the US wanted to “take Mexico”.
Monterey & Cabo and maybe a few border towns would be all we really wanted. The rest isn’t worth the trouble.
Putin just wants Crimea and the land directly above it. Russians made all of the calls during Soviet times, and Russians gave Crimea to Ukraine, because Russians never saw the end of the Soviet Union. If they thought the Soviet Union would have ended, they never would have given Crimea to the Ukraine.
Taking all of it would never happen. That would be like if the US wanted to “take Mexico”.
Monterey & Cabo and maybe a few border towns would be all we really wanted. The rest isn’t worth the trouble.
Putin just wants Crimea and the land directly above it. Russians made all of the calls during Soviet times, and Russians gave Crimea to Ukraine, because Russians never saw the end of the Soviet Union. If they thought the Soviet Union would have ended, they never would have given Crimea to the Ukraine.