Let's say Russia attacks Ukraine. What happens next?

[Poiuyt]

My guess is that any fighting will be over quickly. But then what? Will Ukraine just become part of Russia? Will any sanctions imposed be too much for Russia?

What's your feeling?

[Walleye]

1. I don't even think Putin knows what he's trying to accomplish. Besides defeat the United States

[uponit7771]

2. US Stops investments in Big Russian banks , Putin dumps US T Bills, market buys

... em back up like they're gold thrown the middle of the street and eventually Russia economy slows down to a crawl.

US Hit with higher fuel prices starts dumping oil to make up for Russian shortage but by that time oil corps don't want to be greedy (yeah right) and prices lower.

Bottom line, I think the "feel" we'll see is economic and not military but it wont be short seeing Putin has amassed a large rainy day fund.

But what will it be worth if their ruble falls to nothing?

The Russians will work FAUX News and other treason networks to up the concern about inflation here ...

This wont be easy but in the end Putin after getting a bloody nose by the Ukrainians and using more resource than he thought he he needed walks back to Russia with tail between legs.

With his dumb ass

[multigraincracker]

3. Afghan 2.0

[uponit7771]

5. Naw, no way we'd go in militarily other than equipment ... no way. Keep it Ukrainian

[multigraincracker]

7. Talking about Russia.

The were first in throwing money down that hole.

[uponit7771]

14. Oh, yes ... twice as bad too. Most Afgan adults can't read

[doc03]

9. A war never goes like you think it will going in. A NATO plane, ship or country is accidentally

attacked. We shoot down a Russian plane or sink a ship. It just takes one mistake or miscalculation. Shit happens!

[CanonRay]

13. I could easily see a civilian aircraft being shot down

Personally I think the Russians will get stuck in an unwinnable guerrilla war. Again.

[uponit7771]

15. +1, one that will eat up Putin's rainy day fund quick fast. People don't realize Afgan was one of

... the reasons USSR went broke when they at up all their rainy day funds doing stupid crap

[mitch96]

18. "A war never goes like you think it will going in" An old military axiom.. A plan never survives

First contact. LIke you said, it never goes to plan...
Like at the start of WW1.. All sides thought it was going to be quick... People went with picnic baskets to "view" the first battle of Bull Run in the civil war.. Japan thought after the big hit on Pearl Harbor the US would sue for peace.
What ever happens it's not going to be what "they" expect...
people are gonna die and that just sucks... I hope cooler heads prevail...
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[Poiuyt]

20. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth

–Mike Tyson

[mitch96]

21. +1👍

[ymetca]

4. All I know is

I'm getting really tired of oil oligarchs running the world.

The power to turn off the lights and freeze you to death on such a mass scale is just too much power.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

11. Agree

Fuck the ogliarches.
Take the money and power away from them.
They need to be brought down to earth and pay.

[marie999]

6. All we can do is hope that Russia doesn't attack Ukraine.

[struggle4progress]

8. Trumpsters demand US invade Canada

[Eko]

17. They already are saying that lol.

Link to tweet

[Zorro]

10. Prepare for cyber warfare

[Beachnutt]

12. Electric Vehicle sales will skyrocket

and hydrogen will become more mainstream.
And the world tells pooty to drink his oil.
I hope....

[Quixote1818]

16. It won't be over quickly. They expect an insurgency and for it to last years

If he is dumb enough to attack, he may end up with part of Eastern Ukraine but not the entire country. He will lose the EU as trading partner and have to trade with China. Russia will come out weaker in the end and the EU more unified against him. There will probably be terrorist attacks in Moscow. It will be a mess.

[edhopper]

19. I think he just wants to take

The Eastern provinces. He'll invade and then stop. Agree to peace if he can keep some land.

[UTUSN]

22. My worst scenario politically *here* - "they" (wingnuts) will hammer successfully Dems are "weak"

This is not "small" in terms of the harm to Ukraine and everybody else because it will lead to wingnut supremacy.

[radius777]

23. Putin has united the West and strengthened the NATO alliance.

His actions have freaked out the West (including the previously Putin friendly countries) and it pretty much guarantees exactly what he did not want. Also Ukrainians are resolved to fight to the end and will never accept a Putin puppet gov't.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

24. President Joe unleashes terrifying new aerosol bio-weapon

that permanently turns violent, imperialist fascist aggressors into peace loving hippies.

[NickB79]

25. 43 million people in Ukraine

And they're already practicing urban/Asymmetrical warfare. With borders against NATO nations to funnel weapons and ammunition across.

It won't end fast, unless Putin orders that Ukrainian cities be bombed to rubble before sending in Russian troops. No, this will be a long, bloody slog for the Russians. Once the body bags start coming home to Moscow by the planeloads, I wonder how long the Russian people will support it.