So you say. But Russia sees it differently. So do the oflks runnign the show. It was supposed to lead to the downfall of Russia.
They can leave Ukraine and go back to the status quo as of 2014, Albeit with a large haircut
First what about those of Russian ethnicity who the Ukronazis begn trying to shell into oblivion in 2014. Second suppose the Russians would rather nuke a couple of carriers than take your haircut.
Maybe the west is in a war it shouldn't have gotten into and can't figure out how to get out of. Ever think about it that way.
“First what about those of Russian ethnicity who the Ukronazis begn trying to shell into oblivion in 2014.”
A lie. Propaganda lines. You have peacekeeper records of all firing across the truce line up to 2022. If the Russians/Donets militias had held their fire there would have been no shooting. And interestingly Prigozhin, in his denunciation of the war, noted it specially, also publicly calling it a lie.
As for escalating re foreign assets, well, that is a good way to lose everything outright, and moreover a total blockade on shipping its petroleum exports. That’s how Russia makes @90% if its money.