Are you certain it is that black and white?
Regardless, there remain too many who still want more blood.
Simple answer: yes. Don't make it out to be more complicated than it really is. Putin had said for years that he thought it was a mistake for Lenin to recognize Ukraine's right to independence. He just waited for a period of U.S. weakness under Biden to correct that mistake.
Regardless, there remain too many who still want more blood.
The only ones who are pushing for more blood are the Russians and their supporters. Russia goes home and this all stops. It really is that simple.