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Originally Posted by miami_fan
Unless someone else gets involved alongside of Ukraine, I don't see any circumstance that would force Putin to quit this mission. Maybe the US or the EU throw him a lifeline that he could spin into him giving Ukraine a break but I don't think that is likely.
Putin does not strike me as a guy who is overly concerned about too many of his troops dying so if he needs to send in more troops to get the job done, he will. I believe that the objective of this invasion was for Putin to flex his military might and putting on his "Shock and Awe" campaign. He has failed to meet that objective. I don't see how he can remain in power if he were to stop before taking control of Ukraine.
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My optimistic self is hoping that with the flood of armaments, continued intel, and whatever else US/NATO is doing on the down low, that Ukraine can hold.
It's pretty obvious to me that without the new weapons, intel etc. Ukraine would have fallen already. But time is not on Putin's side.
So yeah, he can rush another 200K troops into the theatre but it'll take some time to get there. And its not just troops, it's also logistics for the increased troops.
FWIW. You know, easy for us armchair generals to be tossing out our opinion ... but I can only imagine the real folks somewhere in Pentagon or elsewhere, looking at all their screens and real time updates on troop movement, logistics, air war etc. Wish I could be there listening in. And only about 1% old enough to remember to Cold War and Fulda Gap wargaming.