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.
And then begins the slow and tedious counter-terrorist phase. Look at the second Chechnya war and the subsequent events
I also guarantee NATO is preparing “stay-behind” operations GLADIO style right now. gotta fight to the last Ukrainian after all.
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.
It still sucks but it would be a huge improvement over the current “grind thousands upon thousands of barely trained conscripts into red paste” phase