Well the other users here tell me that Ukraine is a "Nazi junta" and Putin has said his goal is to de-nazify Ukraine, so how else could he accomplish that goal? Even if it's just some temporary regime, all the Nazis (which again, I've been assured Ukraine is like 90% Nazis) would flee west, leading to the same problematic outcomes.
You can, but it seems unlikely to happen or, if it does happen, to be durable, considering how unstable and impoverished any resulting state and regime would be.
Well the other users here tell me that Ukraine is a "Nazi junta" and Putin has said his goal is to de-nazify Ukraine, so how else could he accomplish that goal? Even if it's just some temporary regime, all the Nazis (which again, I've been assured Ukraine is like 90% Nazis) would flee west, leading to the same problematic outcomes.
You can regime change without total annexation
You can, but it seems unlikely to happen or, if it does happen, to be durable, considering how unstable and impoverished any resulting state and regime would be.
An impoverished and unstable regime is preferable to a stable rich nazi regime filled with NATO bases. Ukraine chose this path.