it seems that pootin doesnt want to keep it, hence why the slow approach to kiev etc, he wants to press hard on final negotiations. But OTOH , that is a bluff t

it seems that pootin doesnt want to keep it, hence why the slow approach to kiev etc, he wants to press hard on final negotiations. But OTOH , that is a bluff that the west can call. If he really stays in kiev, with zelenski exiled in poland and active resistance in ukraine, and sanctions having now become permanent, that's a slow disaster for him. Russians were not asked for this invasion nor are they prepared for global isolation, despite their nationalist exuberance