>>509912755 (OP)Russia cannot end this war, they got themselves stuck in the same issues they did during their Afghanistan war where failure will result in political and social upheaval. This was set in stone after the Wagner rebellion showed that their is absolutely no plan B if something were to happen to Putin and the current Russian order. Trump himself had to find this out during his attempt at peace, which is why he quickly shifted towards supporting Ukraine in conducting a forever-war, as Russia is in a unsavable death spiral and a orderly collapse after failure in war (like the 2 years following the end of the Afghanistan-Soviet war) is the only option.
That and China is giving Putin delusions of winning the war in order to secure a cheap fuel cow.