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Originally Posted by djsFlames
It's a losing battle any which way you cut it.
How can you expect to occupy and maintain governance over a population that wants you gone.
The only thing they had going for them was when they were targeting military bases/installations only in the initial days.
Now that they're hitting apartments with fire, there's no going back from that. You won't buy allegiance nor submission from those citizens in a million years after killing innocents not inadvertently.
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Or why you would want to even try? I dont see any potential endgame that ends well for Russia here.
Assume they destroy the Ukrainian military and take over Ukraine.
Then what?
You've got a determined and motivated populace that not only doesnt want you there, but outright hates you.
And then what?
The entire rest of the world just sits back and says: "Welp. You wont that war. I guess Ukraine is all yours now, fairs and squaresy. Back to business as usual!"
I dont see that happening.