Putin now appears to be delusional. He has lost the support of the Russian people, there is low morale throughout all levels of the Russian military and his catastrophic bad decision has badly hurt Russia. Any good he did to rehabilitate the Russian nation from nearly ninety tears of murderous, vile, debilitating communism has been negated. What passes for the political infrastructure in Russia and acts in ways not understood by the West is also disillusioned with Putin. He will soon be deposed.
Praying it may be so.