Putin has driven his country into a hell-hole with no future.
In reality Russia has already lost this war. This is a war that would have been successful for Putin if it had been going on for 2 - 3 weeks - and that was actually the Russian plan initially. Now, we are in 18 months of war (!) and Russia has basically not managed to take anymore territory from Ukraine compared to what they already had stolen anyway back in 2014 (Crimea and Donbas). What a terrible miscalculation from Putin, 18 months of war, 200.000 dead Russians, a coup attempt in his own country, millions of the smartest Russians fleeing Russia... So whats left? A dreadful mess.
So what is going on, why is Russia depleting itself militarily to a point of near no return?
Maybe they still cling on the hope of gaining a Pyrrhic victory?
unfortunately, insecure dictators like Putin can’t admit their weakness, so he insists on sending his country’s youth to die for his Ukraine obsession
personally, I’d bet most Russians don’t really care about Ukraine ...