"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal"
Discussion
Henry Kissinger.
Wiser words have never been said.
My guess
In absence of apocalypse (aka large continental kinetic war between Europe/NATO and Russia),
what was known as Ukraine, after been dumped by US/NATO and largely destroyed and depopulated by the attrition war, will be partitioned.
At least in 2 parts (maybe more). The longer war lasts the furthest Russia will advance to the West.
In a decade or so the eastern (novorossia+odessa region?) annexed by Russia and rebuilt will fare much better than ever had under "independent" Ukraine. The smaller western rump Ukraine will be either a failed state or a defacto occupied province of Poland (Hungary and Romania will maybe slice their own piece) kept barely alive by EU taxpayers. Ukraine nationalist terrorist organization/mafia warlords will be a serious proble both West and East of Dniepr.
The original Minsk agreements look like a good deal now. The Putin should have known it was just another classic NATO stall tactic, so they could arm and train Ukrainian meat to throw into the grinder.
I agree, the longer things drag on, the more grinding Russia has to do, taking territory as it goes. But the West can launder more money in that time. So everybody wins, apart from Ukrainians. But yet another periodic Ukrainian cull shouldn't come as a surprise.
Poor Ukrainians (except nazi ones of course).
What an irreparable waste of human life for the sake of those crazy fat warprofiteers and warmongers in London, Washington, Basel and Bruxelles.
I always dream of putting all these kings, financiers, zars, bureaucrats, generals, CEOs and presidents in an arena, lock the gates and let them fight to death instead of us.
That would be a great system to solve any conflict of power.
