Russia. While still a Military Giant is nowhere near what they were in their heyday.
From my perspective. Seems they don’t want to get bogged down in occupation duties in Western Ukraine. That and likely if it looked like Ukraine was going to be overrun. Undoubtedly NATO Forces will intervene directly and openly as opposed to the shadowy stuff their doing now. The current status quo while not necessarily ideal is still probably preferable to them versus a large scale conventional war across all of Europe.
Russia. While still a Military Giant is nowhere near what they were in their heyday.
From my perspective. Seems they don’t want to get bogged down in occupation duties in Western Ukraine. That and likely if it looked like Ukraine was going to be overrun. Undoubtedly NATO Forces will intervene directly and openly as opposed to the shadowy stuff their doing now. The current status quo while not necessarily ideal is still probably preferable to them versus a large scale conventional war across all of Europe.