When will Ukraine announce the date for Russians to exit Crimea via the Kerch Bridge

[marble falls]

8. Shooting at a retreating crowd of eight million civilians and however many military would be a bad idea ...

... and that is why Ukraine has accommodatingly left the Kerch standing.

Let alone what revenge a crazed despot with chemical and nuclear weapons might do in a desperate effort to have a last word. Like take out a couple of Ukraine nuclear generation plants. A couple of dams over some cities. I never meant to suggest that Ukraine should/would go all mujahedin/Talibani on retreating Russians.

The big difference between Russia and Ukraine is Ukraine wants to engage with the world and Russian wants to gather it under its aegis.

Russia also needs to worry about Chinese interests in Siberia. They just might drop Ukraine like a hot potato to deal with Chinese intentions to expand into Russian ans Russia allied countries.