Suuuure... count on that and repeat with me "I am safe... I am safe..."
As I (and some others) see it, the Jockeying at this point is centered around who gets Odessa. A land-bridge would be a pretty sweet plumb in the pudding for the Russians since it implies much more defensible gas line routes for their product (and a lot more rubles coming in in exchange for said product.) OTOH, certain security arrangements with those who end up in control of the re-born 'der tchum-ha-moyshev' could achieve the same effect and their could be a lot of political reasons (e.g., 'technology transfers' and such) to go that way.
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Yes, there is plenty going on at Odessa. Russ ships sunk, troops unable to even get to Mykolaiv, no way of using Snake Island to launch and attack... If you intend to deviate the attention from Belgorod, you have just chosen the "right spot".
You could as well choosen Findland. Do you think Poland will also invade Finland? Another 1340 km of frontier with NATO coming soon. And people laughed when I said that Putin may be a CIA agent... you cannot do it worse.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/12/europe/finland-leaders-join-nato-intl/index.htmlAnd of course Putin does the only thing he know: Threaten. There is no winner to this war other than US, thank to your chief Psychos and you lame leader.