Originally Posted by
Tyres O'Flaherty
Not saying that Vlad's scum won't roll over UKR if they ramp up as it appears that they may be doing, but as someone said on AARSE, might win Tactically but not strategically, that game's already over.
There's no doubt about that. Even if Russia seizes control of Ukraine tomorrow without another shot being fired, there is no way the international community will back down from the sanctions now in place until Ukraine's sovereignty is restored, and those sanctions are severe enough to bring about the end of Putin sooner or later (probably sooner). No doubt there will be Russian attempts to peel states away from the consensus, one by one, but I suspect that any who start to wobble will soon come under threat of sanction themselves. In the absence of any possibility of UN action, maintenance of the international system (which remains in the best interest of practically all states) demands nothing less.