Russia Will Target Multinational Forces in Ukraine | The Libertarian Institute How dumb are the western Europeans. Like Russia would allow that. The longer this drags out the more likely Russia keeps more than just that Donbass area.
Ukraine's best hope right now is that Russia's economy collapses in the next few months. And it could, if Trump gets aggressive with sanctions and increases military aid to Ukraine. Putin is working with a very short timeline before his economy collapses. My guess is that Russian soldiers will not fight a non-existential war without being paid, and Russian weapons factories will drag their feet about making weapons without being paid.