Conservatives

Maybe maybe not. That's their gamble to make. The us wasn't helping cos of liberty or democracy or whatever they claimed. The us was helping because of Ukraine's implied threat.

Ukraine gave up its nukes under a security guarantee by the US, UK, and Russia. When they where invaded they called upon this guarantee to secure support for their defence effort. Ukraine has the material the equipment and the technical skill to build nuclear weapons. If the security promised to them via the nuclear disarmament agreement are not met they can and will (if they haven't already) build nuclear weapons. Kyiv will not fall without Moscow being turned into a nuclear wasteland most likely initiating a full nuclear exchange and the entirety of Ukraine being nuked which will then completely fuck almost all of Europe.

This will lead to mass displacement and immigration to Asia, Australia, and the Americas. That's assuming of course that none of the European countries decide to end the world and that none of the nuclear sub's make a mistake and assume they got nuked and also decide to end the world. This would result in the complete destruction of 99% of the global human population.

So that's the gambit. If u roll those dice and land on a 6 everyone u have ever known or loved dies.