"There is more to this war than within the borders of Ukraine and Russia"
It always is. Putin completely misread the geopolitical situation and Ukrainian resolve. He though it takes only a "special military operation" to disband Kiev government, did not consider the fact that Ukrainian's were the better Soviet fighters in WW2 and their national pride outscore Russia by many centuries. Outcome of this war will be clear in a few months. If Russia get whole of Donbas this summer, Putin will fight on until economics stab him in the rear.
