Wouldn’t such operations depend on Russia wanting to conduct a military occupation of all/most of Ukraine? There’s this big assumption in western media that Russia wants nothing short of complete territorial conquest of Ukraine, but that’s never been one of their stated goals.
Of course there’s going to continue to be Nazi terrorism there for decades to come, but history seems to suggest that a military occupation is a lot messier than border disputes and such.
Wouldn’t such operations depend on Russia wanting to conduct a military occupation of all/most of Ukraine? There’s this big assumption in western media that Russia wants nothing short of complete territorial conquest of Ukraine, but that’s never been one of their stated goals.
Of course there’s going to continue to be Nazi terrorism there for decades to come, but history seems to suggest that a military occupation is a lot messier than border disputes and such.