Or not.
More victory parades? The Ruble is worthless. Hahaha
The Ukraine is f#@ked at this point.
They will lose as a nation in every respect: Economically, politically, militarily.
Mr Z, a US/EU plant wanted to be the king and was willing to do what he was told by those that put him in power. The West was guided by pure economics. Biden pulled the trigger for this war when he said “yes” to Ukraine being a NATO member in October 2021. That simple.
As to Ukraine. They will now be a basket case. Not Russia, not the EU, not the US, Ukraine. This isn't 2014. Ukraine isn't going to bounce back and everything is nice and happy again. No one will want to invest there. They will lose a major industrial area, port city, ~18% of their population, have an infrastructure that is in shambles, millions of displaced people, thousands dead. The money spigot from the West is very temporary.
Millions of people had their lives, property and possession's gambled with when Biden crossed the line (that is essentially what it was: we were ***gambling*** and we were willing to gamble really high because it was with someone elses money). Russia had two options:
1.) Lay on your belly and stick your ass up in the air. We get to to whatever we want, when we want, where we want.
2.) Go to war.
As to the rest. More feel good nonsense.
Russia already has achieved >80% of their set out goals on the ground and Ukraine will NOT be a NATO member. I am sure the Russians if afforded an opportunity, will go for a grab either in the South going for Odessa, or in the Donbas. But most of what they wanted they already took.
***I wonder, how long will it take for some to realize that Ukraine actually lost?
Now it's time for Hollywood to step in and make some movies. We always win in our own movies! It is after all a war started by a Democrat and Democrat wars are good wars (according to the arts and media). It's also a war against our nemesis the Russians, really just an economic competitor in the global energy market (also why we tried hard to tear Syria out from under them a few years back). Big corporate interests which run the political system in the West support this war, they wanted Ukraine in the EU and NATO (security assurances). So I am sure some really cool movies will be coming down the pipe soon. Movies where Putin wasn't pushed in a corner, Biden was forced to announce Ukraine will be accepted into NATO, and of course where some 120 lbs. female LGBTQIA+ lead herion kills 200 Russian cross eyed soldiers all by herself as she saves little children from a giant blood draining facility. It will all be "based" on a true story, of course.