You say you have taken no side in this war. Unfortunately, your posting history does not support that.
I do agree with you that the quicker one side wins, the quicker the war ends. But, that is a no-brainer. Of course if one side wins that means the other side capitulates or gives up, and the war is over.
Putin is fighting this war for ego; Ukraine is fighting it for survival. The Russian people, for the most part, are getting a raw deal. Ukraine poses no existential threat to Russia; but Russia poses an existential threat to Ukraine.
One word, Donbass. This war started in 2014 when the Ukies started shelling the ethnic Russians. Both war cheerleading sides feel they are justified.
My money goes on Vlad, as viewed with facts. Make no mistake, this war ends when Vlad decides it does. Aside from the fact the Ukies are the most corrupted nation in the world, ( yes, been to both, trained Ivan’s for three years) , they are spent, a welfare nation, deenergized, depopulated, deindustrialized.