Too many misconceptions in all this. Russia sent 160,000 soldiers into Ukraine. The West trained 800,000 soldiers for a new Ukrainian Army since 2008; that the bulk of these soldiers were not active duty isn’t an issue.
Russia has essentially destroyed the cream of the Corps... or is that the crops?
Russia has reorganized her forces, under unified military command which is something missing when they sent four distinct fighting groups into Ukraine. Russia pulled back to defensible positions to give her time to get that 745,000 soldiers ready to FINISH the job 160,000 could not.
Russia underestimated what the West did in Ukraine. If you follow the daily sitreps from both sides, it is clear that the Main Defensive Line of Ukraine is about ready to break.
No one person, from Pres Biden/Zenelsky wants peace or peace talks. Less than two weeks ago Zenelsky had a traitorous branch of Govt accused of seeking or conducting peace talks with Russia shot down.
Our MSM lies just like their paymasters at the CIA lie for a living, just like Biden couldn’t find truth in a bowl of ice cream.
This conflict was orchestrated in part from Washington DC since Obama, with Biden on point for 12 of the last 18 years. Houston, we’ve gotta problem.
Had peace been wanted, the Biden Admin would not have provoked Russia with death by a thousand cuts, finally making it happen that Putin would attack.
After spending 38 years of my life dedicated to defending America... I can no longer see much ourselves as anything less than Bullies who finally bit off more than we were prepared to chew. The NEOCONs and NWO run our country now. They do not, however, run Russia and personally I hope Russia doesn’t resort to nuclear weapons at any point, but that they do enough to break the NWO hold on the West.
Now we are faced with a brutal lose-lose conflict where Russia and Ukraine grind themselves into the ground and destroy anything worth destroying.
All while NATO's perfumed princes and corrupt pols brag and smile about they have "destroyed" Russia's military without NATO soldiers firing a single shot by using Ukraine as a proxy war with Ukrainian people dying proxy deaths to further Westerns hidden agendas and for the enrichment of the corruptocrats on all sides of the conflict skimming the cream off the top of massive emergency aid cash flows.
This thing could and should have been settled via fast track negotiations as soon as it happened but Biden Admin engineered the conflict and they are getting exactly what they wanted