"The insurgency they are going to face " has nothing to "defeat the Ukrainian in a timely fashion" , example are Iraq and Afghanistan ...
IMO for russians is better to kill defenders in long war while the lines are clear rather than take cities in timely fashion and then have to deal with...
well , you can't win a defencsive war .... In WWII both Japan and Germeny were ultimatly beaten from the moment they counldnt carry successfull offensive opeation against their foes in their enemies land ( especially USA )
Well , Euro will be more afraid of a Turkey with nuke than an Iran with nuke ...
Maybe they spread miss information , but deep down they are afraid of Turkey , Egypt and KSA more than Iran ... because compare to these nation , Iran haven't been a extensioal thread to them for past 2000 years ...
you don't help them to defend themselves ... you just using them as cannon fodder against Russians ...
even if Russians pull out tomorrow , who will pay for rebuilding Ukraine to what her was prior to war , you or Ukrainian themselves ...
The idea of joining NATO wasn't worth it for...
Ukraine government wasn't a ideological government , they could play safe with Russians with good relationship with west and use both side resource in their advantage ...
blind hatred with neo-nazi imposed to them by the western put them to unsolvable odd with Russians ...
well , you would give money back , or If you not and Russians are not bluffing , we ( Iranians and other none western counties ) would enjoy you arrogant western blown up yourselves to stonge age in a nuclear war and get exterminate in process ...
I Knew you have ( although both Greece and Germany don't have nukes ) , but will you enter a nuclear war for it ?
I think thats also in iranuan law that life is holy even if we are robbing you.
well , we would rather die to let other countries rub us ... USA thinks is can get away with...
I'm not Russians , this is a question from you guys , what you will do if Russians give this ultimatum to you ?
start a world war III and get killed for sake of rubbery ...
and did you know by freezing Russians assets , you give them one of best excuse in history books for invading or...
well , now that Iran is openly targeting Israelis bases , I doubt they dare to help Ukraine and make Russia angry ...
Russians were helping Israelis against Iran in Syria ... or atleast , they were binding Iran hand and in same times , they were keeping their eyes close against Israelis attack...
well , I don't think you understand the consequence of this act ...
If you can froze a nuclear power assets then you can do to any other country ...
logical act is not hold money in west or use their currencies as assets to save rich ...
what European countries would do if Russians thread...
a naive man against 10 gang member thought : " if I arm myself, I will lose my security because they will might use weapon against their weapon against me "
or maybe they plan 6 month long war which will end in end of summer and then both EU and Ukrainian have to accept them as victor of war or froze from cold ( EU ) or starve to death ( Ukrainian ) in next winter ...
well , maybe usa decides MBS should be eliminated now ...
this more likely scenario if he insists on implementing petro yuan ...
now , china become a threat to Iran