Maintaining control of Ukraine would require Putin to commit tens of thousands of troops and make a significant financial investment in rebuilding the country.
is facing fierce resistance from Ukrainians in his quest to"demilitarize" the country but even if Ukraine surrenders to Russia, maintaining control of the country won't be easy.
"Now, he'd have to stabilize Ukraine and it's a heck of a lot harder and costly to stabilize a country than destabilize it," Bruce Jentleson, a professor atRussia's ground forces are struggling to make significant advancements in Ukraine and Putin has relied heavily on Russia's aerial superiority. Airstrikes have leveled buildings, damaged power plants, bridges and highways, and the destruction is likely to only get worse the longer the war continues.
"Keep in mind that we're only two weeks into what will likely be a protracted, possibly multi-year conflict," Yuri Zhukov, an associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan, said."This will be an order of magnitude beyond Russia's rebuilding efforts in Chechnya, in terms of sheer scale."
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