It’s hard to surprise we guys who know history.
“It’s hard to surprise we guys who know history.”
It’s becoming clear now that Russia cannot permit Ukraine to exist in any form, or they’ll be again shooting missiles at Russian nuclear plants and all it takes is one hit in the right spot to have another Chernobyl, or worse.
So the question now is who gets the spoils. I suspect that Russia would be even willing to pay Poland to take the Nazi Sector (Lvov and most of Western Ukraine), just so Russia doesn’t have to deal with that crap. Hungary will get their part. Not sure about the rest, particularly the final dividing line between Poland and Russia, in what was once Ukraine.
Oh well, live and learn, wars change borders, so starting wars isn’t too smart since you may end up with less than you started with, or nothing, in Ukraine’s case.