“Western Ukraine can survive. Its a homogeneous country that is 80-90% Ukrainian-speaking.
It can live without the Donbass. For that reason, it can count on its soldiers to defend it from a Russian invasion.”
Or Ukranians can be men and not let Russia occupy half their country. They could slit the throat of any Ukranian citizen that cooperates with the invasion, and wage a bloody war of attrition against the invading army. That is what real men do.
When a third of your citizens speak Russian and the border with Russia is effectively non-existent - fighting them is an uphill battle.
The reality is Ukraine is fracturing along linguistic lines. Everything east of the Dnieper is already good as gone.
“They could slit the throat of any Ukranian citizen that cooperates with the invasion”
How Islamic,,