Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "RealLifeLore" channel.

5:30 Correction, the Russian citizens were not protesting against the war. They were protesting against the minimization, about being forced to actually get involved in the war. It's an important distinction. The Russian sheep, mostly, just believe what they're told. Many actually believe that the Ukranian Nazis were on the verge of attacking Russia and that Russia is in Ukraine hunting Nazis. Those same people don't actually want to go and fight there, themselves. This is especially true as more and more people have fathers, brothers, husbands that don't come home and word gets around that Ukraine is a death sentence. However, the people STILL aren't against the war, merely against being forced to participate.
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Regarding Ukraine going into Crimea, I'm not sure if it was covered, but Ukraine already has units in the Russian held territory between the Dnipro river and Crimea. We can guess they are scouting Russian defenses and assessing supply and other "set up" targets for a potential attack into that region. Such an attack would drive the Russians into Crimea. At that point, Ukraine doesn't have to attack into Crimea. Ukraine can knock out the Kerch Straight bridge and use its shore based anti ship missiles (hello, Moskva) to prevent resupply to Crimea. As mentioned, Crimea can't sustain itself. Eventually, the situation will become untenable for Russia. If Putin hadn't been hell bent on rebuilding the Russian Empire, he could've signed a 200 year lease to keep the bases on Crimea and not try to bypass the oil transport fees it was paying to pump oil into Europe through Ukraine. But, we know Putin is mentally ill, suffering delusions of grandeur and, generally, Russia has no interest in being a good neighbor. The concept of "catch more flies with honey than vinegar" has no analogue in Russian.
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@skypravda - First "unroll" doesn't fit in the sentence you used it in. I'll try to infer your meaning. Second, supposing Russians and Ukrainians are 2 hordes, one horde was minding its own business when the other horde invaded, based on a delusional old man's desire to rebuild that horde's former empire. So, the invaded horde is defending itself and fighting for its ultimate independence. It's the classic tale of good versus evil.
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Regarding the 3 options you list, #3 is not possible now. Russia foolishly blew up the dam that allowed water to feed the canal to Crimea AND a UN peacekeeping force wouldn't prevent Russia from just reconquering Crimea leading up to the inevitable 3rd invasion of Ukraine. #2, Russia keeping Crimea wouldn't be possible unless Ukraine was admitted to NATO to prevent the otherwise inevitable next Russian invasion. There's no chance Russia would agree to any peace if it resulted in Ukraine joining NATO unless Russia is completely pushed out of Ukraine and Putin is replaced as Russia becomes more concerned with its domestic issues than trying to rebuild an empire that it can't sustain. Putin has simply vastly accelerated Russia's military, economic, and strategic weakening. Prigozhin's "truth propaganda" confirmed as much.
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Part of Russia's motivation to invade Ukraine was to demonstrate its power. I'm sure China noticed how that worked out.
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16:30 Russia knew that Crimea had no way of sustaining itself when they took it. Rather short sighted of Russia to think Ukraine would be good sports about it and continue to supply the region. It was, after all, the beginning of the war.
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