What is the end game?

"Ukraine knows they can fight the Russians to a draw, or maybe even a victory. Can the UN help? Get Russia to stand down? HA! They are way too busy with being climate cops. Meanwhile, Mother Earth is choking on the smoke coming up from burning Russian tanks." 

This is turning out to be the war from hell. But I guess most wars are known as such. Only this war, started for reasons we will never understand, is bad for both Russia and Ukraine. The blitzkrieg war that Putin wanted, the go in, change government in Ukraine, and then leave - never happened. Russia found out that the annexation of Crimea in 2014, set the stage for a much more robust Ukraine. The words "never again" have been burned into the soul of every citizen of Ukraine. All of a sudden, Russia has a tiger by the tail.

The war in Ukraine has now become a war of attrition. But the longer it goes on, two things have happened. First, more and more countries are sending some very effective weapons to Ukraine. Like the HIMARS rocket system from the US for example. In addition, the toll on Russian troops and weapons has been astonishing. Why? This is the Russian Army for crying out loud! They were suppose to rank right up there with the best of the best! I guess not. We have now seen them for what they are.

Meanwhile, Russia is trying to strong arm Finland about joining NATO. Like, Putin might put nukes on the Russia Finnish border if NATO puts any troops there. Hello? Vladimir, are you listening? You are taking a bit of a butt kicking in Ukraine right now. Should your vision not be there instead? In addition, the only reason Finland finally agreed to join NATO, is because of your illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. 

Many international experts are now wondering the same thing. What is the end game here? Is Putin going to do a total melt down, and do something really stupid with a nuke? Will Putin finally think about his troops instead of himself, and withdraw? Or will Putin goad NATO into joining the fray. In any event, Putin has put himself into a box canyon right now, with maybe no way out. 

The tide has turned on this war, if only by a little. Ukraine knows they can fight the Russians to a draw, or maybe even a victory. Can the UN help? Get Russia to stand down? HA! They are way too busy with being climate cops. Meanwhile, Mother Earth is choking on the smoke coming from numerous burning Russian tanks.

In days of old, a normal US President might be able to talk Putin down, but then again, we don't have a normal US President.