"If" becomes "when". I can't predict the "when"; but I can assert its inevitability. Over the next 25 years it is inevitable that Ukrainians will, at the very least, commit massive sabotage against the Russian homeland and people.
After what has been done to them, their land, their people, the Ukrainian seething will be ongoing for a generation at least.
After what has been done to them, their land, their people, the Ukrainian seething will be ongoing for a generation at least.
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Hate is nothing new in man’s history. Your prediction is just a prediction: citizens in Marioupol and Crimea, for example, are satisfied with Russia’s quick rebuilding and resumption of trade, life, etc…When the Ukies were in charge, little was done for the ethnic Russian populations.
You will be correct when applying your forecast to Western Ukraine, which has fewer ethnic Russians. Their hate for Russians are off the scale…which really bodes not well for them.