From the Russian perspective, they seem to view NATO encroachment into Ukraine as an existential threat to their survival. IMO they will not cease hostilities until their objective of de-militarising and de-nazifying Ukraine are complete.
On the other hand, the West continues to escalate the situation and doesn't appear to care about Russian motives whatsoever.
I don't see this ending any time soon; neither side appears to care for the motives of the other and so far show no signs of backing down.
Will the West ultimately accept a Ukrainian defeat if that's what it comes to, or if that's what it takes to avert nuclear holocaust?
What do you think?
I think that there is an argument to be made that this has become the first conflict of a power struggle between the decline of western finance and the emergence of BRICS. I do not think the west will back down while their hegemony is threatened.
I think Russia is willing to talk as long as their security is on the table, the west is not willing to talk because it is not willing to consider Russian security when it feels that their financial hegemony is about to be lost.
I think it will rage on and only end with the very obvious transfer of finance power in the world. This is ultimately why there has been a unified western response, the entire of the west feels threatened.