Europe will be facing a future being told what to do by Putin if they don't convince Ukraine they will have their freedom salvaged by their neighbors. Putin has his plan laid down to go after greater Europe when they conquer Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Luxembourgh.
Putin wants to be the Emperor of all of Europe and finds negotiating is not a stress he would endure a year more than NATO. Imagine the Russian language being spoken in Spain, Portugal and by all those American Ex-Pats!