It doesn't matter that the West doesn't recognize the results, only that Russia does. The West also denounced the occupation of eastern Europe by Russia after WWII but they didn't send their forces in to free any of those countries. They knew how Russia would have reacted and made the smart choice. The same will happen here.

It doesn't matter that the West doesn't recognize the results, only that Russia does. The West also denounced the occupation of much of eastern Europe by Russia after WWII but they didn't send their forces in to free any of those countries. They knew how Russia would have reacted and made the smart choice. The same will happen here.