A question for Tom Nichols. I keep hearing that Putin's strategy is not to occupy Ukraine but to decapitate the government, install a puppet regime... and then leave? How would this work? Is there an element of Ukraine's military that is ruthless, willing and able to support a puppet regime that would have almost no popular support? The…
A question for Tom Nichols. I keep hearing that Putin's strategy is not to occupy Ukraine but to decapitate the government, install a puppet regime... and then leave? How would this work? Is there an element of Ukraine's military that is ruthless, willing and able to support a puppet regime that would have almost no popular support? There have already been two pro-Russian governments in Ukraine that were overwhelmed by mass protests. Why wouldn't that happen again?
A question for Tom Nichols. I keep hearing that Putin's strategy is not to occupy Ukraine but to decapitate the government, install a puppet regime... and then leave? How would this work? Is there an element of Ukraine's military that is ruthless, willing and able to support a puppet regime that would have almost no popular support? There have already been two pro-Russian governments in Ukraine that were overwhelmed by mass protests. Why wouldn't that happen again?