He's basically draining the whole world - or rather pushing the whole world outside russia to drain itself into misery - By simply playing dead in ukraine.
He is not exactly playing dead. The main objective was to take control of the Donbass to protect the ethnic Russian population that lives there from the renewed Ukraine military offensive against them that was already ramping up in mid February. They will continue taking it town by town.
So what is holding him back?
He's basically draining the whole world - or rather pushing the whole world outside russia to drain itself into misery - By simply playing dead in ukraine.
Why change things when they are good?
He is not exactly playing dead. The main objective was to take control of the Donbass to protect the ethnic Russian population that lives there from the renewed Ukraine military offensive against them that was already ramping up in mid February. They will continue taking it town by town.
Yeah, i know, it was sort of an euphemism when compared to what actually a "war" entails which is full on assault.
In comparison to that he's almost still.