I think Russia wants this to end as well.
It’s costing them dearly in treasure and people. Guns or butter.
I agree Russia has the upper hand and we don’t have the sort of leverage as with Ukraine, but Russia is also getting hurt in all of this and would like to see it end.
Russia is getting hurt, and has been since day one. Putin’s ego is the issue. He either refuses to take a loss, or politically cant afford to take a loss. So he continues to feed the meat grinder. No mistake its costly for Ukraine as well, and in the end, it is an attrition battle that Ukraine cant win. But Putins losses are roughly 4 to 1 compared to Ukraine in men, and probably still in vehicles, armor, aircraft, and certainly naval assets.