The Russians have explicitly stated what their war aims are, repeatedly. The 'de-Nazification' of Ukraine and no to Nato membership. This means going all the way to Lvov in Galicia, if they are forced to. Either they do this and destroy Ukraine, or there's a coup in Ukraine by forces who want to save some kind of 'independen't Ukrainian state. Only the coup would require them to begin their own 'de-Nazification' process. This would mean a virtually civil war inside Ukraine with the new regime in Kiev asking for Russian 'fraternal' assistance. Those are the stark choices facing Ukraine, because the war against Russia is lost and the West isn't coming to save them at the last minute like the US Cavalry in a Western.
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