One of us is living in make believe land because if they encircle the best and strongest Ukrainian army (the one on DNPR front) are they going to grow wings and fly out?
putin has limited resources...he can only extend them so far. we aren't even done placing sanctions yet, and already the ruble is in the toilet, their stock market has crashed, and people are buying up everything they can get their hands on while their money still has more value than the toilet paper they're trying to buy with it...
if he does succeed in occupying Ukraine long term, the EU will continue to refuse to do business with them, while moving closer and closer to a green power grid, which means they will have little use for russia's oil and lng...and as far as russia developing hydrogen as an export like they were working on? good lucvk finding equipment to buy, and anyone to buy the hydrogen you do manage to produce...
this is not a smart move on putin's part, and things will NOT just go back to normal after a while...this is the world's chance to get rid of a mad man who has much more influence than he should ever have been allowed to develop, i don't see the rest of the world's leaders just walking away and letting him do this shit again...russia is getting crippled over this, and it's all putin's fault
do us all a favor, the next time you go to his office to get your check for being one of the worst trolls ever, just shoot the fucker in the face as he's handing you your bag of bloody rubles