There's a problem, for sure. But not a Hitleresque one.
Ukraine has huge Russian populations within it, areas that might have voted to join Russia if they'd been given the chance. I suspect Putin will satisfy himself with those, and the West will appease him by allowing that to happen. I don't think he goes full Hitler and starts laying claim to areas without strong pro-Russian leanings.
We'll have our answer if he starts into Western Ukraine though. If that happens it will be a very clear war, and all bets are off: that region will not "turn" like the East, but will fight to the death. So far Putin has taken what was easy to take and involved little cost or resistance. I expect he'll continue to do this and no more. If he crosses that line, appeasement will cease to be a viable strategy and life could get very interesting.
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