Well, they want to to destroy Russia entirely, that's for sure and that's been the plan all along. I mean, war of all types has worked well--and often great--for the Cabal. But the aspect which has changed is that they are losing and are certain to continue losing such a war.

The Cabal is in worse shape than it's ever been. Western weapons and the Ukrainian military they took a decade building has been systematically destroyed by Russia. Their "offensives" consist of packaging it all up and transporting to the front lines to be obliterated. Russia is in no hurry to win since they're steadily demilitarizing the entire Western war machine. There's not a lot left, actually.

So what next for the Cabal? After a century of "force is the only thing they understand" + "might makes right", what do you do when you're getting your ass kicked? Almost everyone thinks it would go to nukes. Long story but there's no way. I don't believe the Cabal is in control of the US arsenal, and any other Western nuclear power that makes a move would get glassed. The stuff Medvedev says will turn your hair white.

As to the final question of "why?", and what's behind all this, no sensible answers have been floated and it's obviously insane to pursue that course, as I've described. Given that, wild speculation is in order.

I'd say it's because Russia was the historic center of the Tartarians. The last huge war, lasting through the 1800s, was between them and the Cabal. The Tartarians lost and the Cabal sought to erase even the memory of them. If I know these facts, I'm sure there are those in Russia who know the same and have known for a long time. Now the Tartarians are rising again.

If you recast the war as not being about Ukraine or Russia or the US or NATO or whoever else, but about something much deeper and more vital, then a lot more about it starts to make sense.