If Russia invades Ukraine, what will that look like over the first month?
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There will be some resistance from Ukrainians, over 500 deaths, and 10%-50% of Ukrainian territory will be occupied.
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Most major cities of Ukraine are occupied by Russia, and between 3,000 and 30,000 Ukrainians died.
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Strong resistance from Ukrainians. Territory occupied by Russia shifts rapidly, but it never goes above ~30% of Ukraine (# whalebait?). By around March 5, Russian(+Belorussian?) forces suffer so many loses that they have to withdraw (probably to 2020 border). By this point there are 500-1500 Ukrainian civilians dead according to Ukraine, 0 according to Russia (or if there are any, they're all from friendly fire); 7000-15000 Russian military dead according to Ukraine, Russia doesn't disclose or says some obviously false number like 13. Neither side discloses Ukrainian military deaths (at least not immediately). I have no idea what happens after Russian troops withdraw.
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There will be little resistance from Ukrainians, between 10-100 deaths, and 10%-50% of Ukrainian territory will be occupied.
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Luhansk & Donetsk oblast (besides LNR/DNR) fully or partially occupied, >500 deaths, army of Ukraine still resists, no major cities are occupied outside of Donetsk/Luhansk oblast
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There will be little resistance from Ukrainians, over 500 deaths, and 10%-50% of Ukrainian territory will be occupied.
This resolves N/A if Russia does not invade Ukraine before May 1st.
If they do invade, I will wait a month after their invasion, and pick the answer that best captures the most important details of their invasion. For example, how much territory will they occupy? How many deaths will there be, roughly? And so on.
Close date updated to 2022-03-16 11:59 pm
Feb 25, 5:28pm: For the purposes of this question, Russia invaded on Feb 23, so I will resolve the question on March 24th. I've also updated the close date to one week before (March 16th, end of day).
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