China won't attack Taiwan. Russia is looking for a diplomatic exit. The war is not going according to their plans. It was like idi amini..invasion of Tanzania. Boneheaded move that has no clear goal or worthy dying for.
Be4 the war, basically for eight years straight since the 2014 coup, Russia made demands:
1) Ukraine must be neutral and NEVER join NATO
2) Ukraine must not have an army
3) Ukraine must allow Russian speakers in Ukraine to speak Russian and stop mistreating them
4) The two independent territories that broke off from Ukraine must be allowed to be independent countries.
5) Ukraine must recognize Crimea as part of Russia
Ukraine response: "FU! We're joining NATO and we'll play with nukes on top of that, and if you dare try and stop us, daddy NATO will beat you up!"
Today, 21 days after beating, Ukraine are discussing PERMANENT neutrality and independence of the two areas already, after refusing to do so for EIGHT years while drunk on "US will protect us" hot air.
So Russia made demands, were rebuffed, threatened a war, were dismissed, launched a war, and now will in all likelihood walk away with almost everything they asked for eight years.
And you pro-West fanatics want us to make the utterly irrational conclusion that Russia is the one failing here.