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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As mentioned above the Russia-Ukraine conflict will grind forward to a stalemate next year with Russia annexing a significant chunk of Eastern Ukraine.  Western support for Ukraine will wane, leaving the situation pretty much as is.

Russia will then declare "victory" and retreat inward, occasionally rattling sabers with provocative language but otherwise relying on existing infrastructure and Chinese investment to lick their wounds for the next 10 years.  At that point they will have rebuilt their military , and will either renew the war with Ukraine, or invade another non-NATO country.   [/quote]
 
Ehh, at best they will retain Crimea, and portions of what they currently hold.  At worst, they will collapse.

I still question if Putin will survive if the people ever actually learn the truth of how many Russians were pointlessly sent to die in the meat grinder without training, without adequate equipment, and so on.  When they realize that what had once been the world's second most powerful and feared military was robbed by Putin and his oligarch buddies.  That Russia has become a pariah state.[/quote]
But, Russians, most of them, don't see it that way. They see and hear that Russians are protecting Russians and fighting the Nazis. Just like you are hearing that Russians are in the meat grinder.[/quote]

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