Oddball
Unobtanium Member
The sanctions did nothing but strengthen Russia's hand.If the sanctions would have actually screwed over the Russian economy enough to make it hurt at home for them within a year of the stalemate starting (so Winter 2022 to Winter 2023) they might have had a chance to overthrow Putin and get a more tractable government to deal with.
Right now, that isn't feasible.
Tenpercentskyy got suckered into a war that everyone knew he was going to lose.