That would mean constant war with no end. Ukraine would gain nothing by trying to control hostile territory. And, they’d lose support from the West for any kind of invasion. Europe would be happy with just a strong Ukraine and Poland buffer.

Ukraine taking parts of Russia is pure revenge fantasy. It makes no logical sense

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

AFAIK Ukraine already occupies a small amount of Russian territory on the northern side, but they also lost a lot more on the south.

The west idolizes what the greatest generation did to the nazis, or another way to put it "turnabout is fair play".

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Though if I recall they did that only as leverage to get their own land back. That it was easier to take Russian territory than to retake their own. I seem to remember them saying they would happily withdraw in exchange for a return of their territory. Just a lesson that Russia doesn't get to unilatterally decide where the front can't be for their convenience. It'd be a strategic disaster to "play nice" and only fight on the fronts of the enemies choosing.