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 Ukrainians are heading straight for the European Union and democracy, and the credibility of this number is naturally increasing. That is the rule of the game. Russia has no hope and it's doomed.
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 Unfortunately or fortunately, this is too small a conflict to decide Russia's fate, and the Ukrainians are going where the US directs them to go. So far, this has not led not to democracy but to the collapse of the state in the Korean scenario. 
 Ukraine cannot afford a large-scale conflict, constantly killing Russians and reducing the proportion of casualties is enough. What I am talking about here is the tragedy of the Russian people. As for Putin, who is not within my scope of consideration, he has no way back, and there are some mysterious forces that support Russia that are struggling to survive. As for relying on Trump to solve the problem, remember that he first provided Ukraine with javelin missiles.
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 Under Trump, Putin would not dare launch this military operation and Trump is the only politician who has said he is ready to stop this conflict.  And he can. Just by taking his Javelins back. 
 Give Putin another twenty years, he has not yet completed the mission of destroying Russia.
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 Putin's influence should not be overestimated. He is essentially just a manager, and his actions partly reflect the aspirations of the people, which explains his phenominal popularity. Roughly speaking, Russians are behind Putin's image.