Everyone in the wings is worse than Putin.
And again.
The senior Ukraine officers are classmates of the senior Russian officers. 20-30 yrs ago they studied at the same universities in Russia and went to the same military adjucts at those universities. These are classmates of decades.
A time will come when the Ukraine military will remove Zelensky, execute all MI6 and CIA operatives in Kiev, contact their classmates and arrange to install a military junta in Kiev. This govt will have no agenda beyond technocracy. They will exist to keep the lights on and trains running. They will send all their troops home to their families. They will not join the EU or NATO. Pure technocracy, and they will even promise elections in X years.
It will be an overwhelming Russian victory, which will be reported as a Russian defeat since the govt in Kiev will be Ukrainians and the Russian troops will withdraw from anywhere that has not already voted to be a part of Russia.