The only person who needs the war in Ukraine to continue is Putin. If Russia goes home, he is a dead man. He started this war the way Hitler invaded Russia, on the assumption that Russia would collapse in a few weeks. He expected to be in Kiev in three days. Little more than driving. Egged on by Colonel Douglas Macgregor and his talk about “thermobaric” weapons.
This is Putin’s war.
Did I get the translation right?