Putin can sue for peace anytime he wants. He does not need to “save face” in front of anyone back home. He can frame his “win” as (1) defending ethnic Russians in Novorossiya (who he actually has been slaughtering) (2) weakening the “Nazi army” & (3) forcing Ukrainian neutrality. https://t.co/YowvvRjwoQ
From your experience with Putin, @McFaul, do you really believe that is how he would respond if Russian troops fail to seize Donbas via siege? twitter.com/McFaul/status/…
