Putin is fucked. He bluffed with a bad hand with the goal of improving his approval rate and Ukraine called with a better hand. He retreats, he lose. He escalat

Putin is fucked. He bluffed with a bad hand with the goal of improving his approval rate and Ukraine called with a better hand. He retreats, he lose. He escalate further, he loses. His only exit is to save face with an ambiguous peace deal while he still can because nobody wants to play russian roulette or nuclear poker. Going nuclear is an even worse bluff. He is a psycho but have kids to worry about. And even if he became completely bat shit, he is encircled by corrupt morons and not suicidal fanatics, he will be murdered.