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I think the positive point of view is that unlike Crimea (which had a host of geo-political and cultural significances for Russia and Putin) the rest of Ukraine is more valuable to Russia and Putin as a buffer state than as part of Russia.
As part of Russia there would be:
The rest of Ukraine just isn't as strategically or culturally significant. That is not to say that Russia has no desire to take it over - I'm sure there remains some historical yearning - but there isn't the hurry there was over Crimea.
Odessa?
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