Then comes Odessa.
I see a number of new Russian oblasts - followed by Transdniestria. In other words, nearly all of the historic Russian-speaking Novorossiya will revert back to Russia.
The rest of rump Ukraine centered around Lvov and Ivano-Frankovsk will become the West’s consolation prize.
President Putin has orchestrated things rather impressively - and it looks like the dominoes are falling his way.