Actually a few of the assets on there are already in Russian-controlled territory lmao

I don't think that annexing all of Ukraine is something they plan to do. It wouldn't be nearly as doable since western Ukraine hates them.

I won't say I'm picking sides in this, but I will say I generally root against any nation that uses cluster bombs. It's usually a low bar to clear.

Mafia bosses whose casinos and slaves got liberated in Cuba have spent decades supporting America's efforts against the revolution there, some of the CIA's most consistent assets. They would be delighted to have a similar situation in whatever areas Russia holds onto in the war as a supplement to the blood and soil Bay of Azov gusanos. No action in all the multiverse would be more on brand for them than creating a commoditized settler-investor class by having their puppet regime in Kyiv set up Uber for infrastructure to run a fire sale on Thatcher-brand NFTs for the last vestiges of the Ukrainian SSR.