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That’s the thing. A big part of Ukraine’s citizens are willing. Crimea and the two breakaway republics are for sure. The other issues are that Russians view Uk
by User23 5y ago
That’s the thing. A big part of Ukraine’s citizens are willing. Crimea and the two breakaway republics are for sure.
The other issues are that Russians view Ukraine as their ancestral homeland[1], every major invasion of Russia has gone through it, and they view Ukraine in NATO as an existential threat.
On the other hand if Russia wins the only real consequence for the USA and EU is basically the status quo.
There is no way Russia backs down here and anyone with even a modicum of historical education knows it.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus'
- acdha 5y ago> A big part of Ukraine’s citizens are willing. Crimea and the two breakaway republics are for sure. This is over-simplifying it: Crimea has a big divide between the 60% ethnic Russian population and everyone else (e.g. the Tatars know they’re much better off in Ukraine as an ethnic and religious minority), and while the other occupied territories definitely have some supporters of rejoining Russia it’s not clear that this approaches even a plurality — and especially after the invasion, a lot of people will have reconsidered their positions as they see an illegal war featuring indiscriminate attacks on civilians.