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What crimes are going to move the needle further at this point

Russia hasn't even begun retaliating for Finland's NATO application yet, which they announced they would (potentially even with 'military consequences', as per a Kremlin spokesperson). Besides, the EU has been ramping up sanctions against Russia pretty much continuously since the start of the war, so we're definitely not at peak sanctions yet (unless Russian aggression suddenly ceases).

Russia has nuclear weapons, but seemingly nothing else sitting around to use. They’re over extended in Ukraine already.

They have plenty of artillery too, so they can gradually turn cities to rubble. But they simply don't have then power to occupy much territory with any real degree of control, except maybe in the east.

It doesn’t seem like it. Their artillery is old and can’t aim well. Their intel sucks. Their supplies suck.

It seems very unlikely that they could launch another front against Finland and achieve anything, even shelling a city.

Yes, I agree on Finland, they just don't seem to have the resources or logistics to fight on two fronts like that. My comment was more with respect to Ukraine. You don't need pinpoint accuracy-- or much accuracy at all-- to gradually demolish the city. The ability hit the desired quadrant may suffice.

As Ukrainians push more resources towards the east Russia's problem might be that such artillery isn't quite mobile, there's no run-and-gun capability there, while weapons capable of taking them out are man-portable.

Despite that, I don't see a happy ending for the Ukrainians here. As much as Russia has already lost, they can't accept defeat in this without the power structure suffering what might be a deadly blow.

Russia's retaliations will be on the order of pointing nukes at Finland and deploying troops in key locations near its borders.

And all of those are likely to trigger further sanctions.

They could shoot down a plane full of NATO nationals (again), or deploy chemical weapons of mass destruction in European cities (again)?

Oh oh, want about more extra-judicial assassinations in NATO countries?

123m spire ect ect

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