>>329818
I'm inclined to believe you.
If Putin were intelligent, he would have ended the war in a white peace ASAP.
Of course, America would have told Zelensky not to so they can use Ukrainian cannon-fodder to bleed Russia.
But after so many years, Putin should just give up some of his more outlandish claims and offer Ukraine peace in exchange for some of the occupied provinces back.
Yet he does not so this must be about using the war to kill off ethnic minorities and rural Russians.
The cost though... This is bankrupting Russia and for what?