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Originally Posted by Pointman
Based on known demands, this is how it could move forward
Territory.
West demands:
Return Donbass to Ukraine
Return Crimea to Ukraine
Russia demands:
Keep Crimea
Solution:
Return Donbass to Ukraine. Putin doesn't seem to want it any bad. He didn't recognize them for 8 years. He didn't include them in his demands.
Let Russia keep Crimea and move the hell on
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At this point, I don't even think Ukraine wants to keep Donbas. The people living there will never have any allegiance to Kyiv, and there's a good chance Kyiv will treat them as second class citizens.
I'm curious to know how the citizenry living inside Luhansk and Donetsk regions that are under Ukrainian control feels. I believe there's a strong chance that if given the choice, they'd prefer to align with Russia/DPR/LPR.
The optics of such a move from Kyiv, however, is a non-starter.
With respect to Crimea, this question is completely closed. There's no prospects of it going back to Ukraine.