"R already occupies Uk and have absorbed part of it within R so whether they take more or not is neither here nor there?"
War is waging, it ain't theirs until the fat lady sings. Russia gaining nothing economically holding on to them in fact losing motza gear and men. This war will end on economic grounds just as they lost to Japan in 1905, Germany in 1915 and Afghanistan in 1988. With inherent drunkenness and corruption, Russia cannot win one on one wars against competent enemy.
