The likeliest outcome here is russia installing a pupet government in ukraine and winning. But then we get into another possibility, which is a ucranian insurgency. This could be devastating to the russians as they try to trap them in there for years. I believe that it will likely vanquish ukraine on the field of battle, and in a conventional struggle. Whether they can hold is a separate question.
And how the fight might end.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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