Noodling some scenarios here. What if Putin goes full Hitler and runs out of gas? How are 60,000 Russian troops going to eat? How are they going to deal with 215,000 Ukraine military and who knows how many armed volunteers. The Russian invasion is about to get interesting. 
Ukraine demographics (left) vs Russia demographics (right). The population of Russia (half a million last year) is vanishing due to one of the lowest birth rates in the world. So is Ukraine (-300K a year) Both have male deficits. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015…
Long term scenario:...Russia and Ukraine will both...vanish. Unless they have immigration and inflow. Putin just capped himself. rferl.org/a/ukraine--pop…
Short term scenario: Ukraine resists and attracts global support. The educated nation begins to grow while Russia becomes a parish state. Potential is iffy...since a new Marshall Plan is not going to happen. Putin is devious and persistent. trade.gov/country-commer…
Mid term scenario; Putin "wins" and drags down Ukraine with him. Shunned Putin then makes Russia a mercenary for hire nation ravaging Africa using UAE/KSA money with his ex soldiers. Sorry..my bad..this is already happening. t-intell.com/2021/09/28/put…
Long term scenario: NATO goes full Qaddafi on Putin's tiny angry ass and plunges Russia into chaos, Keeping the oil and critical resources flowing to Europe. A win for America a mess for Europe.
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