I actually agree with most of your assessment, and it looks bad. But why dwell in being a doomist and fatalist? Instead you can cheer for the anti-Vlad forces, who are the Ukrainians. NYRK!
“Instead you can cheer for the anti-Vlad forces, who are the Ukrainians. NYRK!”
Heck, I am cheering for the impossible, that Putin will meet an early demise, Russia will have a change of heart, and peace will prevail. Wishful thinking doesn’t shape reality though, pain is coming and the longer this war lasts, the more people worldwide will suffer.