I am Pro Russian guy but have to say this. Putin is a madman, he had good opportunity during the early days of Trumps second presidency to end this senseless conflict on his terms where Russian would likely be allowed to keep most of their occupied territories and establish Ukraine as a permanent buffer state between NATO and Russia, would have also likely earned Trump a nobel peace and spared the world from rest of his shenanigans. But no, Putin decides to bite more than he can chew and result Russian economy is in precarious position, hundreds of thousands of people dead and displaced and world looking at possible nuclear war. If it wasn't for current Middle East conflict then worlds reliance on Russian oil and gas would have been very low and Russian economy would have collapsed.