If this article is correct, then it gives Pooty an exit plan and way to save face and his place in the pantheon of Rooski Tsars. Demented via long Covid, Pooty is very concerned about his Tsar status now, and in the history books.
Full or partial lifting of sanctions will be a key part of such Russian-Ukraine peace negotiations.
We might turn that equation around — what if Putin only intended to grab the Donbas, secure Crimea, sweep out some biological war labs and block NATO?
This scenario let’s Biden and EU and the Globalist come away claiming they saved Ukraine.
Win/win.