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Sean Cidy
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Comments by "Sean Cidy" (@seancidy6008) on "The Hidden Reason Ukraine Is Optimistic about Crimea" video.
I don't think the conclusions you reach are consistent with the fascinating info you provide about cancelation of the lease on Crimea precipitating Putin into annexing. The value Putin places on Ukraine implied by his 2014 invasion to keep it hardly suggests he, or maybe any, Russian leadership will accept losing it. It tends to be assumed in this and a lot of other similar things on YT that after Ukraine (hypothetically) gets its lost territories back Russia will just throw up its hands and quit, but that is very unlikely. Crimea is basically Russian and given all the Russian speakers who have been moved there from Kherson and other places the Ukrainians have taken it is extremely doubtful that Ukraine could win any kind of referendum there. In summary, Ukraine has not thought it through; they can win a hundred battles, but the war will keep going on
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