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That ignores that the largest aid packages are all American. The United States has made it clear they are in it for as long as it takes. What Europe is willing to commit is irrelevant in the long haul. It may slow the process if smaller sources of aid dry up, but the outcome will ultimately be the same so long as the US continues forward.
And regardless of the divide in American politics, the Middle East has shown Americans don’t really care about wars so long as their interests are being secured and we aren’t losing significant American lives. The money was spent a long time ago. Neutering Russia is about OUR interests. That those interests align with Europe currently is advantageous for the continent. But Europe’s opinion on matters will have minimal effect on American interests in Ukraine. 
And this all ignores the fact that many Americans believe that despite the benefits to us currently, supporting Ukraine is a moral stance. Not just a cost/benefit analysis.
This is good.  This is them trying to achieve a "victory" that doesn't involve Ukraine's land.  It's entirely false but it's potentially preparing their public for them pulling out.  Hopefully.  Or they're just drunk and saying whatever. >

Except they're sitting on quite a lot of stolen land, this is them trying to justify just squatting on what they have vs erasing Ukraine from the map like they planned. >

The claim of de-militarization only makes sense as a prelude to retreat. Because it only holds water if fighting stops. 
Now, neither I or the guy you're responding to really believe the Kremlin cares if their claims hold water. It's either just someone spouting off, or they're making a whole mess of internally contradictory statements, so that any action they choose can be justified by something they've said. 
But if we were to assume, hypothetically, that this statement represented Russia's intent for what to do next, then the major conclusion is that they're looking to pull out of Ukraine everywhere that they believe they would have to continue to defend militarily. >

...you need to read /view Russian media mate.  
This isn't justifying retreat.  This is justifying continuing to their populace.  Their foundries are at max capacity for the first time in decades, armies at doubled manpower, etc.
I have no idea what Putin's planning, but it ain't retreat. >


Their foundries are at max capacity

What are they producing? >

Vehicle upgrades.  Unfortunately they’re a bit short on vespene right now >

They forgot to construct additional pylons before moving forward and expanding . >

You substantially demilitarised yourselves. >

Depopulated their able bodied 18-50 year old male bracket too. >

Plus with the brain drain that occurred before and in the immediate months after they've crippled themselves from a research and education standpoint, as well, and those resources are now bolstering other nations' capacity in that regard.
So not only did they damage their own long term prospects for success, they've helped their neighbors' own prospects.
Turns out running a nation state like a mob family isn't so great for 99.9% of the people. >

Turns out when you piss off most of the planet it's not even good for their top either. Seized assets, seized yachts, sanctions, industries failing due to a complete lack of critical components they can't make, etc. 
They're all feeling this. I assume this is why we've seen so many of his fellow oligarchs having trouble falling out windows and 'murder suiciding' their families. >

Great. Mission accomplished. Now get the fuck out please and remain an international pariah having ruined your own economy and position as energy supplier to euros for decades to come. >

Congrats, the goal is achieved, you can fuck of back home now. >

Yes indeed. The UAF has indeed demilitarized Ukraine of Russian forces. >

Lol, I want what these guys are smoking.
They are contributing to building the biggest military in the region. >

They aren't smoking anything. They are doing a propaganda campaign and people help them whenever they post or upvote their propaganda pieces. They are not supposed to be credible opinions - the whole purpose is to flood medias with nonsense to drown meaningful topics. >

Ah so its like Tuckersov Karlsonietsky? >

They don't need a knock off branded Tucker.  
The actual Tucker is carrying water for them. >

Oh but that's the one i was referring to. >

Right on. >

It sounds like an off-ramp for a Russian general withdrawal. >

I wish. But Ukraine won't stop before they have liberated Crimea. No way Putin can sell that at home as victory. >

Yep. Ukraine has all of the momentum and international support. Russia is not going to be able to squirm it’s way into a cease fire after this, and Ukraine will likely replace them as Europe’s primary energy supplier as western multinational firms return. >

They do not have western support re: Crimea. Most western leaders want Zelensky to quietly drop that goal. It's irrelevant right now but if you ever see Russia pull out of east Ukraine you'd see big international pressure for Ukraine to drop Crimea. >

I've seen this repeated all over but is that really the case? I don't think the people in Europe want Ukraine to leave Crimea to Russia, and why would Western leaders want the war to end? Getting back to cheap Russian gas will be less important as time goes on, the war itself is cheap for them (it isn't their troops dying, nor their cities getting bombed) and long term they get an ally that will be able to provide them energy independence from Russia (and will be able to do that much better if Ukraine gets Crimea back). >

Europeans don't like the prospect of being threatened with nuclear hellfire for the next several years, and it's ultimately Europeans who vote in the parties that will deal the most with Russia. Securing the peace of mind of citizens who will gladly vote in more sympathetic if they feel unsafe trumps realpolitik in western countries. 
It's not a problem right now, because Ukraine is still on the backfoot, but if Europeans start to feel that the war could end at any point but for Ukraine wanting Crimea, you'll see Russian sympathetic politicians start to gain influence.