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I honestly don’t know what to think about some of these
reports.

Of course I like what they seem to be doing, but I’m not sure
that it’s all true.

If it is, Putin certainly stepped in a pasture patty this
time.

If even the Russian speaking people are angry, that’s a very
big dent in his claim he was only looking out for them.

There is a lot of negative talk about Putin and Russia
at this time. I happen to wish good things for the
Ukrainian and Russian people.

It is sad the Russian leader got fixated on this to the
point he couldn’t see any downside to what he is pulling
off.

If he captures Kiev and kills it’s leader, he might think
he just won the battle.

The fact is, he will have solidified his defeat in the eyes
of the world, the eyes of the Ukrainians, perhaps the Russian
speakers in the Ukraine, and in most minds in Russia and
its civilian and military leadership.

Nice job there cowboy.

How do you unify all your enemies in just a matter of weeks?

” I honestly don’t know what to think about some of these reports.
Of course I like what they seem to be doing, but I’m not sure that it’s all true.
If it is, Putin certainly stepped in a pasture patty this time.
If even the Russian speaking people are angry, that’s a very big dent in his claim he was only looking out for them.
There is a lot of negative talk about Putin and Russia at this time. I happen to wish good things for the Ukrainian and Russian people.
It is sad the Russian leader got fixated on this to the point he couldn’t see any downside to what he is pulling off.
If he captures Kiev and kills it’s leader, he might think he just won the battle.
The fact is, he will have solidified his defeat in the eyes of the world, the eyes of the Ukrainians, perhaps the Russian speakers in the Ukraine, and in most minds in Russia and its civilian and military leadership.
Nice job there cowboy.

How do you unify all your enemies in just a matter of weeks?”

Perfect summation. The only thing I might add is the amazing job this invasion has done to make apparent “conservatives” root for a totalitarian dictator.

Let’s just assume for the sake of argument that Kiev falls and the political leadership of Ukraine is taken into custody. What is the next move politically? Show trials? No trials? A bullet in the brain pan in some basement cell in Lubyanka?

What is the next move militarily to secure the country? Does Russia move forces right up to the NATO frontier? That might get dicey. If they don’t then they would seem to be conceding a swath of land to a rump-Ukrainian government and a secure basing area for a guerrilla force to rest, train & refit.

This all interlocks. If Russia makes half-measures militarily (as the US would) and treats the legitimate Ukrainian government harshly then there will be a guerrilla war that could last a long time — maybe until the next general European war breaks out.