The Ukraine invasion is going to go down as one of the biggest own-goals in recent history. Even if Russia took all of Ukraine tomorrow it looks like it'd still be a pyrrhic non-victory given how much it cost them in money, lives, and international standing. It's basically reduced them to a Chinese vassal state.
It's like Putin watched the US experience in Iraq and said "I can do something much dumber than that..."
It's like Putin watched the US experience in Iraq and said "I can do something much dumber than that..."