Like other rebellious regions in the past Putin will simply beat the population into submission with thugs and militia's
Population control is a lot easier when you don't care about silly things like human rights or rules of engagement.
And if they resist he just has an excuse to beat them even harder.
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
I think it's not a stretch to say this is the most serious global risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis, and possibly a bit higher risk than that. If you didn't have a chance to watch Putin's effectively declaration of war announcement last night, I'd suggest at least watching the last minute of it. He threatened consequences more severe than a country has ever seen (a thinly veiled nuclear threat) against any country that interferes, followed by "The order has already been given. I hope you hear me." and the broadcast ended. It was very chilling.
A subplot playing out in all of this is Turkey. Turkey had the unfortunate luck (or poor decision to wait too long) and landed 2 A400 military cargo aircraft at the Kiev airport right before the invasion started for evacuation of embassy personnel. But they didn't get out before the airport and airspace was closed. Having 2 NATO aircraft and whoever was onboard stranded in a very active warzone is not ideal and one of those things that could easily spark an escalation. I really hope that there is discussion going on between Turkey and Russia at some level to allow them safe passage out, or that they are able to evacuate by ground. Turkey also had military aircraft construction projects that were active between Ukraine and Turkey, they had sold TB2s to Ukraine at Russia's great angst, and Turkey had denounced Russia's invasion in the UN the day before. And Russia and Azerbaijan signed an unexpected agreement of cooperation earlier this week which Turkey was likely unhappy about. So it's a touchy situation to keep an eye on.
This must be what mobilizing truinanshonofdapresure is…
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It will not matter. What matters is the neighbour who made it out of the Soviet Union and was well on on its way to becoming a democratic and prosperous country will be gone. Until now, some Russians may have harboured doubts that Putin's way is the only way and maybe things could be better, as there was a country next door doing just all right. Not any more.
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I guess, you have some old cold war cliches about Russia.
Ex-Ukraine with Russia and evil-Putin:
Current eastern Ukraine with Zelensky and USA:
Infracted.
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For a proper rebellion to rise, the aggressor's and defender's linguistic and cultural ties, as well as historical past have to differ a lot. I doubt there will be much resistance after the war ends. If there will be then probably in the western parts of Ukraine, in this case, Putin will just divide Ukraine in half. Not the best outcome for Ukraine.
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Shillcker using another one's account or what? This guy is using some premium drugs.