Tornado Alley (PROG)

[ForReal]

And if he can hook his out of Crimea
forces to those coming down he could occupy a much bigger area than his two separatist regions occupy now.

Even if this ended in some sort of Putin victory tomorrow, Ukrainians will fight a never ending guerilla war. With sympathetic countries on Ukraine border Putin's occupation force will never rest. The Russian populace will tire of that, much like any other would. Perhaps the best examples would be Russia in Afghanistan, followed by our own debacle over there.