Everyone read the comments made by the Russians.
“Mistakes were made by the leadership” “relatives are upset” “there will be more deaths” ‘not everyone fighting’. ‘Waiting for the west to get tired and China to cut a deal’
Did anyone read anywhere a strategic plan for Russia to win and gain unconditional surrender from Ukraine?
When your side no longer sees a path to victory in an aggressive war you started, you have already lost. The Germans knew this in early 1918, but it took till Nov to sigh an armistice. They knew it again when 1000 plane raids inside Germany became a daily event by late 1944, yet it went on until May 1945. The Japanese knew after the loss of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, yet it went on until Sept 1945.
The head of Wagner no longer sees a path to victory. Hopefully it will be over by the end of the second year, and the ‘little people’ can get on with farming and thier lives.
At this point, the Russians are hoping to hold on to Crimea. Then maybe Putin gets to survive.