Why rebuild them?
Even if Ukraine stays a bombed out wasteland its still a buffer between NATO and Russia. Why even bother fixing the cities? Let all the people fuck off to the EU where they want to be anyways. Free gibs and housing there now.
In addition to the buffer zone Russia got the water turned back on in Crimea and may end up getting a wide land bridge along the coast to it. The cities along the way that don't want to submit should bombed until everyone leaves or gets dead. If Russia doesn't do that then they will just be an endless headache.
The Russia stuff parked around Kiev is a retard magnet at this point. I don't think Russia will try and take that city now. Yeah it would be a nice mental victory but it is of no actual real world value. Controlling the dirt around the Azov sea has value.
Jump's "win" for Russia now would be to break off everything east of my red line and keep everything west from ever from becoming stable enough to join the EU or nato.
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