You may be right, all signs are certainly pointing to that, but yesterday Putin put Russians on notice there would be “A Cleanse” of “those that dont share our values” (Sound familiar?) That doesnt sound like somebody who is willing to compromise before achieving his original objective. Still a VERY dangerous situation!
I agree. Hard to predict Putin at this point.
Unlike others, I'm convinced the Ukrainians are kicking some major ass (Killed the 4th Russian general yesterday) and I don't believe all of it is Ukrainian propaganda. Read today that Russian soldiers are shooting themselves in the legs with Ukrainian ammo so they can be taken out of combat. The captured Russians are claiming that they are being forced to kill civilians, and lots of other stuff.
I also read where insiders in the Russian government are saying that Putin's top advisers are lying to him about what is actually going on in the battlefield.