>In addition, Russian annexation of some or all of Ukraine would increase Russian manpower, industrial capacity, and natural resources Right now the only thing

>In addition, Russian annexation of some or all of Ukraine would increase Russian manpower, industrial capacity, and natural resources Right now the only thing from that list it will provide is natural resources. Industrial capacity and cities are being destroyed. Good luck making an army of conscripts from Ukraine that you expect to fight the west (although russia's way of doing things would be to send them east to fight China).