Putin may brag that he has won. But when he looks around he will have to contemplate just what has he won? Many Russians as well as Ukrainians, the best of a generation are maimed or dead, he has shown the world his conventional forces are an outdated paper tiger, what is left of Ukraine will hate Russia passionately and he now has to worry that China will one day soon will try to seize its rich Far Eastern Pacific possessions and the treasure house of Siberia.
I can assure you that Putin doesn’t care how many people are maimed or dead, as long as one is not him.