Somehow I get the feeling that the Ukraine situation is rather similar to that in Korea back around 1950. In Korea, MacArthur forces seemed ready to push the Communist insurgents out of Korea when tens of thousands of Chinese troops poured across the border and an extend war resulted with 128,650 Americans killed (36,516) or wounded,* eventually stopped by Eisenhower.
It looks like Ukraine forces are having considerable success against the separatists supported by some Russian forces. If it looks like the separatists are going to be forced out of Ukraine, I wouldn't be surprised if tens of thousands of Russian troops pour across the border. What do we do then?
Vladimir Putin has stopped all imports of Western agricultural products into Russia. This move, of course, will also hurt the Russian people, but Russian leaders have never spared their own people from suffering. I wouldn't be surprised if Putin does not hesitate from taking further actions that result in increased suffering of his people in the event of increased sanctions.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
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