Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
—Putin should either go out and say very clearly to the rebels (and the world) "We will never help you, we will never enter Ukrainian mainland with our army, forget it and learn to deal with Kiev regardless of what you think of them. Calm down and stop the occupations".

—Or else, he should enter the area, annex whatever parts of it makes sense to annex, and do it quickly so people can move on with their lives and things return to normal and they can begin to rebuild and repair. The way the West is relating to Russia right now, it can't get any worse anyway. Russia has nothing to lose reputation wise. As far as the West is concerned, the Cold War is back on regardless of what Russia does.
Totally agree. Exactly my thoughts.