Right, I don't think Russia would want to keep fighting this war indefinitely and they can't trust the west with any peace deal now because that will just lead to the same situation that resulted in the war in the first place. Given that, there's only one option left which is to absorb all the territory that's not rabidly anti Russian and turn what's left of Ukraine into a dysfunctional rump state.
I think this is the nightmare scenario for the west because trying to keep propping it up will turn into an economic black hole. Meanwhile, western economies are already contracting, and the burden of keeping Ukraine going isn't going to help things. On the other hand, letting Ukraine collapse would mean a massive refugee crisis in Europe.
Right, I don't think Russia would want to keep fighting this war indefinitely and they can't trust the west with any peace deal now because that will just lead to the same situation that resulted in the war in the first place. Given that, there's only one option left which is to absorb all the territory that's not rabidly anti Russian and turn what's left of Ukraine into a dysfunctional rump state.
I think this is the nightmare scenario for the west because trying to keep propping it up will turn into an economic black hole. Meanwhile, western economies are already contracting, and the burden of keeping Ukraine going isn't going to help things. On the other hand, letting Ukraine collapse would mean a massive refugee crisis in Europe.