NO need to ping them. They know Putin has lost. Russia is the laughing stock of the world. The other table at the restaurant last night was talking randomly about the Ukrainian driver offering to tow a Russian tank video.
Putin’s republic fairy tale in Donbas has been proven false. If “Russians” in Kharkiv don’t want Putins “protection” than neither do the “Russians” in Donetsk. Putin has lost and soon Crimea will be Ukrainian land again.
Why would Putin pull out of Crimea?
“They know Putin has lost. Russia is the laughing stock of the world.”
If the 2nd round of anti tank weapons and Stingers reach Ukraine in time, it’s all but over but the Russian crying.
After it is over, our next step should be 1) to send in big SAMs to neutralize air assets...2 send in Harpoons and and send them tanks from our Reserve and NG stocks and allow them to tell Russia to get out of Crimea or they will take ships out.