It seemed logical that all Americans should leave Afghanistan before it fell given the nature of the people who would take over.
If the Russians take over, I don’t see the urgency to leave Ukraine unless I was a foreign agent or a military advisor. I don’t see any irrational hatred of the Russians toward Christians, teachers, or businessmen like one saw in Afghanistan. I wish we had been wiser is our dealings with Russia in the last 30 years and would be currently wiser and not overreact.
We really blew it.
At present, the chance of getting hit by stray fire is reason enough to leave Ukraine, IMO. Plus all the other stuff that can happen in a war zone.
If the Russians take over, they or whatever puppet gov’t they install (reinstall) is most likely going to be facing in all but limited areas in the East a continuing insurrection - one that may have calm periods, but will also have unpredictable blow ups. Resentment on both sides will be high, and sometimes ugly. It would take extremely repressive actions to, well, repress this. Not something most people would want to get caught in by accident.
Moreover, until Putin & co. are gone, IMO the West has no choice but to grind Russia into the dust. This will take time, hundreds of millions will suffer, and resentments will be high.
All that said, the article is about leaving Russia, and, the reasons given are clear.