>> Putin may well have turned out to have played a blinder here, because I can
>> see Ukraine being sacrificed to get gas prices back to pre invasion levels.
Almost nothing would surprise me but that would.
1) Putin would be soon get over his mistake and be emboldened by his great triumph
2) He can't win and get the sanctions lifted. For that he has to lose.
Of course he could 'lose' and still retain Crimea and lumps of Ukraine, but this time I think Russia has to be beaten and stay beaten at least until the Putin dynasty is over.
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