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In the scenario of a Russian withdrawal after extensive but not fatal attrition they'd probably have to give something up. From what I've heard the Russians can't politically stand to lose Crimea, at the very least.
Is is possible they're maintaining secondary offensives in the hopes that Russia will bungle one of them, like we've seen happen before?
I think the idea is that Russia will withdraw to more defensible positions and then the scenario is going to play out all over again. Russia withdrawing from somewhere, after all, doesn't mean that Ukraine has to stop pressuring.
And it's Putin who can't afford to lose Crimea. It has a special symbolic place in the Russian imperial narrative, sure, but giving it up might also be a welcome symbol in a turn away from imperialism. Maybe even nationalists will adopt that kind of stance, "Better lose Crimea than Siberia" kind of thinking. But all that's very speculative, it could go a gazillion of ways and I doubt Ukraine cares terribly much in the present moment where exactly the chips will fall.
No, I think outright resolution is the goal here. There's no reason to cede territory if they don't have to and aren't guaranteed peace; Ukraine is a big flat place with very little in the way of naturally defensible areas.
Sorry to contradict you again, but nobody (significant) really wants to turn away from imperialism at this point. Navalny just wants a different imperialism, ΡΠ±Π»ΠΎΠΊΠΎ (the liberal, pro-Western party) is fairly irrelevant.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/11/russia-post-putin-democracy-window-nuremberg-lustration/
Vladimir Kara-Murza is.
It appears he's a journalist who has been living in the West since the early 'oghts, so not a significant person in internal Russian politics.
One becomes a significant person in politics by writing things like this. This is a Russian politician who is saying the things you want. Was only trying to help make sure you are aware.
Oh, okay. I do know that not all Russians buy in. Just the vast majority (for now, most people aren't that ideological).