>> but if Putin decides to win, Russia
>> >> ultimately has the men and munitions to do it.
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>> I suppose it depends on what a putin win looks like.
He wanted to control the government, he didn't expect to have to do it the hard way. But I imagine decapitation is still near the top of the agenda. Putin I'm sure hoped and assumed the government would scarper when the tanks appeared. The fact that they haven't is largely what has powered the resistance and denied central control to Russia.
It seems unlikely, and probably is, that he will go for total victory now but it's far from certain and Russia is definitely using the reduction in aggression around Kyiv to regroup, resupply and rearm its forces
I don't say it's likely Russia will completely subjugate Ukraine, but the assumption that one of Terry's scenarios is guaranteed is dangerous. Johnson sounds far too smug, and he's not the only one.
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