Like I've already noted a couple of times, I think that severance of Russia from the West had been deemed one of goals of the Russian invasion, not the unintended and unpleasant side effect that should bring its economy to the freefall. Hence, the conflict is unique not only as the single best documented big war, or the unlikely clash between WWI strategies and cyberpunk-grade tech,

but also in a sense that neither participant, except maybe some minor members of the EU, of Hungary, Slovakia, or Bulgaria caliber, has any clear reason to bring it toward the end. Less of all, Russia and Ukraine. On the contrary, the longer it seethes, the better for them, because the war precludes responsibility for the gross reprinting mistakes in the current dying edition of the globalized world. Putin may yet choose a relaxation, though it’s unlikely he (or, more strictly saying, the ‘asabiyyah-styled rhizome that he embodies in his functions) will; but Ukraine, where irreversible socioeconomical and demographical catastrophe has already unfolded because of attempt to forcibly yoke together a nation as inhomogeneous as, say, any Balkan, seems locked-in, while eerie happiness glows on faces of the ruling clowns. Austin himself clearly understands that, despite a strong dose of prescribed mottoes.