It is sad what is happening to Ukraine.  It is being used in a proxy war with Western powers and should have negotiated a long time ago.  Now a lot more people are going to do. Obviously Putin is a very reasonable man.  Putin thought that the NATO would negotiate.  Putin thought if he tried to avoid civilian causalities that his adversaries would see how magnanimous he is.  Instead, the insane rulers of the West just used this gracias behavior to extend and expand the war.  Now Putin and Russia have learned their lesson.  It is absolutely pointless to negotiate with the West, even if you get a deal they will break it “unilaterally”.  Now Russia will go with all its man power and end the conflict.

Col. Douglas Macgregor goes into more detail explaining the coming Russian winter offensive.