Originally Posted by
Easy Street
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.
No doubt Easy you are correct, but I was more commenting on the unlikelihood that the great majority of the UKR population are now very west/EU leaning, against the past crap, and as much mentioned elsewhere RU would not be able to hold their Slavic brothers under control w/out much more force levels than can be deployed. Vlad used to be a great calculator (such is the narrative) He appears to be either wrong, mental, or terminally ill and that affecting his judgement