Russia won the war.
President Putin achieved most of the strategic objectives he had set at the outset of the Special Military Operation against Ukraine. My impression of his achievements.
1- Ukraine will not become a member of NATO.
2- Much of the Russian-speaking lands of Ukraine are already under Russia's control.
3-The Trans-Atlantic alliance is shaken.
4- Sanctions have failed to weaken the Russian economy or the Russian military.
5-A multi-polar world is now a reality, not just an abstract concept.
6- Europe's economy is weaker than before the Ukraine war due to the boycott of Russian energy and the destruction of Nord Stream 1.
7- The Russian army has modernized the hard way and got battled hardened and experienced through hardship and sacrifice.
8-Confidence in Russian weaponry has been restored, attracting more clients as it stood against the entire NATO war industry.
9- Cohesion with a character of conservatism is back in Russian society - liberals, oligarchs and anarchists are missing altogether. The NGO community lost it badly too.
10- A geographic space more commonly called Eurasia is now recognized as a zone of Russia's influence, acknowledged verbally by the United States of America.
11- Russia has gained enough geopolitical weight to assert influence in any global matter particularly in places that are void of meaningful western presence.
We are witnessing the dawn of a new world order. The post-1991 or post cold war word order has just died today.
Mike