STOP!
Putin isn't going to allow Nato countries working on Ukraine's behalf to take the contested provinces, that will equal further encroachment on Russia's borders.
Putin has drawn a line in the sand and there will be no further Nato/US gains made as long as Putin is calling the shots!
The US/Nato attempted a bridge too far with the Crimea and ended up losing that which already stood as mutually acceptable to both the Ukraine and Russia.
The only movement that can be possible on the Ukraine's contested territories will be another bridge too far by US/Nato.
Putin isn't going to allow Nato countries working on Ukraine's behalf to take the contested provinces, that will equal further encroachment on Russia's borders.
Putin has drawn a line in the sand and there will be no further Nato/US gains made as long as Putin is calling the shots!
The US/Nato attempted a bridge too far with the Crimea and ended up losing that which already stood as mutually acceptable to both the Ukraine and Russia.
The only movement that can be possible on the Ukraine's contested territories will be another bridge too far by US/Nato.