the putin plan ....yeah LOL the plan is to keep upping the ante - and all bets have been losers for putin
the war was not short ,quick or succesful
the west did react strongly against russia this time (as he hoped/ expected they wouldn't)
Europe had a mild first winter and were succesful in replacing russ gas - didn't freeze
Neutral natrions joined NATO and the world voted against him in the UN ....then his war crim status
Congress did fold on aid for Ukraine and trump is having in court , in fund raising and with his dementure
russian stockpiles are decreasing alarmingly and neither European or Ukrainian resolve is weakening
the longe this war goes on the deeper a hole putin digs for himself and his country ......not the empire building exercise he imagined it would be ! More the nation weakening exercise .....the embarrasing military impotence demonstration .....and the making of russia a satelite of China process .
