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radius777

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9. Putin will simply get more brutal and level cities.

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 01:04 AM

Mar 2022

That's his pattern. He then will declare that Kyiv has fallen and will install a puppet gov't. But it will never last because any territory he has taken will (as with Kherson) constantly be contested.

Putin - who lives in a kleptocratic bubble - gravely miscalculated the response from the West and from the Ukrainians themselves. He believed that the Western response would be meek/timid like it was when he annexed Crimea. He believed that many Ukrainians would accept him as a liberator.

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What are the chances... [View all] ColinC Mar 2022 OP

Zero. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #1

They have indicated they may attempt to do so -at least retake the eastern cities ColinC Mar 2022 #2

I believe there will be a cease fire/negotiations that will Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #3

I actually don't think Ukraine would go for that. ColinC Mar 2022 #5

Think something similar. Hoyt Mar 2022 #6

never happen lapfog_1 Mar 2022 #14

Of course, besides nukes, it would also likely cancel in chance they have of joining NATO. ColinC Mar 2022 #4

Even without nukes Russia has the advantage of numbers radius777 Mar 2022 #7

I've been feeling like this, but if Ukraine is actually taking back Kherson ColinC Mar 2022 #8

Putin will simply get more brutal and level cities. radius777 Mar 2022 #9

Think Ukraine will get ahold of more MiGs before this could happen? ColinC Mar 2022 #10

General McCaffrey just said he doesn't think radius777 Mar 2022 #12

Thanks! ColinC Mar 2022 #13

Nil. Emrys Mar 2022 #11