So where is the West's 'line in the sand'? Russia just keeps nibbling away at territories on their borders, and all we seem do is send a strong Note which they ignore.
There is no line, we are to spineless.
Its simple really, Russia is gone, there is no huggy fluffy ending for it, the sooner we accept that, and dig in for the long term the better.
Sign mutual defense pacts with both Georgia and Ukraine, and drop troops along the demarcation lines, and it will be all over. Fences go up, the people on our side go on and progress.
At the moment we are pouring aid money down the toilet in the Ukraine fiasco, the sooner we can lance that boil the sooner they can move on. The same goes with Georgia.