Re: Ukraine's Curve Ball

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:19:25 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Let's hope now

Hopefully Ukrainian's military carefully considered consequences of
their blitzkrieg on Russian soil.  Either they planned for a transient
duration, or long-term if needed.

Putin would not tolerate being mocked.  So a land swap is most likely
moot, and most likely he will reject war reparations.

I'm not sure if the Russian propaganda machine could walk back any
statements made by Putin, et.al.  I have no idea what their press said
after Soviet-Afghan War (24 December 1979 - 15 February 1989)

Press has stated that "Money generated by Russian financial assets
frozen in Europe will soon start flowing to Ukraine, giving Kyiv a
boost ..."  So the interest money from some $282 billion will be used,
but could the principal be used for war reparations...unknown.

I'm not familiar with potential leverage levers that could be used to
make Putin think about consequences.