02-17-2022, 07:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-17-2022, 07:24 PM by cemanuel.
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Off Topic: I have yet to find an article that tries to theorize how the Ukrainian military will do against the Russian onslaught. Are we talking a 3 day war? A month? Three months? Can they actually hold them off?
Personally, I think if Russia goes in it will be into the disputed areas only, the Donbas. They reportedly already have troops there, Ukraine doesn't, much, and the Russian Parliament passed a bill calling on Putin to recognize those areas as independent. Ukraine has no shot there. They can't really "win" if Russia tries to invade the entire country but Russia won't win that one either; it'll be bloody. But if something happens I think Putin will invade the disputed region and make it another Crimea. Bloodless and taking over areas that are heavily populated by ethnic Russians.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-parliament-asks-putin-recognise-breakaway-east-ukrainian-regions-2022-02-15/
If Putin signs this then he'll send in troops at the request of the new "government."
All my opinion, absolutely no special knowledge.
Personally, I think if Russia goes in it will be into the disputed areas only, the Donbas. They reportedly already have troops there, Ukraine doesn't, much, and the Russian Parliament passed a bill calling on Putin to recognize those areas as independent. Ukraine has no shot there. They can't really "win" if Russia tries to invade the entire country but Russia won't win that one either; it'll be bloody. But if something happens I think Putin will invade the disputed region and make it another Crimea. Bloodless and taking over areas that are heavily populated by ethnic Russians.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-parliament-asks-putin-recognise-breakaway-east-ukrainian-regions-2022-02-15/
If Putin signs this then he'll send in troops at the request of the new "government."
All my opinion, absolutely no special knowledge.