I read an opinion piece that asked the same question - how does this end?
First, set aside the fantasy of a Russian leadership change. There is no opposition in Russia calling for peace. The next guy would likely be even more invested in a war victory.
Second, the west has done some really stupid things as far as diplomacy and sanctions. We’ve seized large amounts of money and assets, cut Russia off from Visa/Mastercard and Swift banking transfers, and sanctioned the government as well as private citizens.
I may be a rube, but I don’t see a future where we shake hands and settle up and go back to normal, no matter who wins on the battlefield. It’s way past that point.
Two years of this regime has done this. What will they do in the next two?
“Two years of this regime has done this. What will they do in the next two?”
That’s what Stolen Elections mean - but wow, does it not EXCITE some here, the prospect of exchanging cities with Russia!!!