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Originally Posted by Damien
I am not sure you can trust them. Russia will rearm and try again. They don't think of Ukraine as a legitimate state. They also know that any agreement with the West would be tested.
In 5 or so years they'll develop a pretext to move further in and the discussions in the West will be the same as they are now. Do we want to risk Russia using nuclear weapons? Why did we 'provoke' Russia by offering to protect Ukraine? Ukraine has already given up some land for peace in 2024, what's the harm in offering a little bit more?
I think in the near term we might enter a frozen conflict though.
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Well, it’s going nowhere.
Russia can’t advance and Ukraine is going nowhere. There will be no push back and to think they can reclaim pre-2014 borders looks fantasy.
In any event, if it’s a long game to be played, Russia will prevail.