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I don't really understand what you're trying to say with that and you didn't answer my question. Do you think the only reason for Russia's attack was because they were hungry for more land? Because if you do, you seriously need to educate yourself a bit more.
Nah, Russia attacked because they think they are still the Soviet Union instead of the world's number two gas station (behind the OPEC) in a world where oil is losing its importance.
Russia felt threatened in its sphere of influence by the fact that Ukrainian internal events made it align more with the west.
The reason the war didn't end yet is that no one wants to deal with Russia collapsing again. The oh-so-crucial weapons shipments are mostly stuff from the last century, and a bunch of stuff the West wants to battle-test.
Again, Russia exists because the West and China allows it. It will cease to exist when they demand it. Russia is not a superpower with an own sphere of influence, and would do better to accept that before more people get killed for its false delusions of grandeur.