“What do you base that on, besides a hunch and “Putin Bad!”?”
Is there any political freedom in Russia? For example, what happens to people who say on TV or write articles unfavorable to Putin? (Hint, they end up dead.) Given that, how much freedom will be available for people in captive countries? How financially successful can non Putin connected people be in countries that are controlled by Russia? If you’re a successful farmer, for example, what are the odds you’ll be allowed to export to a higher price buyer if Russia says you must sell to Russia at...of course, the price they set?
So you base it on a hunch, got it.
Russia has no desire to have a border with Poland. They want a buffer country between themselves and NATO. Anyone with a brain who hasn’t jumped on the “Putin Bad!” bandwagon (you know, the latest Russia Russia Russia hoax) knows that. Putin has been saying it for 15 years. Great statesmen from the west have been saying it. The immediate threat of NATO expansion triggered the war.
Putin wants ,and will get, a neutral Ukraine between Russia and Poland. Only question now is how large that country will be.
Do you know anything about Eastern Ukraine? What languages are spoken, where? What % of Crimeans consider themselves Russian? What % of the Donbas region want to join Russia?
Western Ukrain is not going to be under Russian Rule. They will be a neutral, independent, Ukraine. The eastern half, at least half of the population considers themselves to be Russian already. They will be absorbed into Russia.
Done deal. It’s over, unless the US decides to start WWIII. TBD.
Both halves of Ukraine will be fine. IF Zalenski gives up. If not, then more of Ukraine could end up as part of Russia.
It’s not as simple as the MSM and CIA propaganda put out. Don’t believe it.