@hawkeye10,
hawkeye10 wrote:oralloy wrote:I don't think the Russians are actually offering the Ukrainians any deals.
sure they are, Putin wants the Eastern Ukraine to be like Kurdistan. They world can still call it part of Ukraine, but they will do that they want to do, which is become part of Russia.
I think Putin wants much more that that.
I think he wants to push west along southern Ukraine, capturing their entire Black Sea shore, including the city of Odessa.
After that, I think he wants to invade Moldova.
I think these alleged peace offers are just to keep the West off our guard while he is readying his next push forward.
I think if Putin gets away with all of that, he will then send unmarked soldiers into one or more of the Baltic NATO states and dare us to do something about it.