It's probably true, though. I would guess that Russia didn't want to invade Ukraine. Russia wanted to extract concessions by threatening to invade Ukraine. But

It's probably true, though. I would guess that Russia didn't want to invade Ukraine. Russia wanted to extract concessions by threatening to invade Ukraine. But since NATO gave Russia nothing, not even some tiny symbolic concession that Putin could present as a victory, Putin, having painted himself into a corner (as per the Economist front cover), had no choice. And so some people will die. And other people (LNG vendors) will get rich.