[Skybird]

^ I share that sentiment, but cannot see why European troops should want to get engaged there either. Its a failed state, or better: a failed political system. We can and should give them assistance (intel, satellite recce) and material support (weapons, ammo) to fight themselves, but we should not fight their fights for them.

Meanwhile Biden said in today's press conference he believes that "Putin must do something" and that "he will move into Ukraine", in form of what Biden called a "minor incursion": means not a prolonged stay, and not a total occupation of all the country.

Me too thinks the Russians will invade, but probably not to overrun the complete country. I am just not so certain that they only stay for a limited time. The goal could be to split and divide the country, as Catfish mentioned earlier: a pro-European Western part, and a pro-Russian Eastern part. Historically and culturally that makes kind of cold-blooded sense. Also, if Western Ukraine then later joins NATO against Russia's will, they have the Eastern Ukraine as the buffer zone they want.



Their allocation of forces extends their embrace of the Ukraine, whcih must split forces to defend more of its borders, weakening it this way. Is also a threat to Poland and the Baltic: they get "embraced", too.