The pressure will come when Russia has taken control of the Donbas region, which now looks inevitable and Putin announces that having liberated it from “Right wing terrorist and Nazi sympathisers” he would consider a cease fire. Putin’s long term aim of course would of course be to build up the strength of his military and repeat the whole process some time in the future.
Would the West turn down such an offer of a cease fire? I think it will be very difficult for it to maintain a united front and refuse to consider such an offer considering the massive military and economic cost it is currently incurring.
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