Russia Can't Stop War Easily Before N.A.T.O./EU/USA Agree to Terms

 Russia cannot easily stop its offensive movement in Eastern Ukraine to retake land lost at the end of the Cold War to the West before the West agrees to terms with Russia. The reason is simple; if Russia stops the offensive the Ukraine offense, western forces would have the opportunity to  rebuild forces to attack Russians on the eastern front.

  One wonders with game theory logic if Russia need attack rather slowly so as not to actually complete its 'Special Military Operation' too soon. If it were to reach Kiev the same situation that requires the west to agree to peace after the war is over would still prevail. Russia would need to slowly move toward the Western border of Ukraine and stop there. I would guess that is not an ideal spot for Russia or the West since it might be like expecting a Honey badger and a Python to be good friends and neighbors.

So it is possible the war may drag on for years with various U.S. presidents developing new rhetoric and new reasons to send more money or add new sanctions for the war effort in Ukraine. Maybe President Putin of Russia will provide new risk incentives to bring the Western powers to reach an agreement that protects Russian security in the Eastern part of the borderland that is Ukraine.

Europeans can have the Lebensraum (living space) they want at the expense of Russia at the end of the Cold War 1.0 by making investment and peace with Russia profitable for Russia as well as themselves. Russia might allow business investment and foreign residents to buy small partials of first rate Siberian acreage with forests eventually if those migrants don't seem to be a threat.

Game theory models of the Ukraine conflict with European leadership two-dimensional worldviews tend to lead toward escalation and nuclear events far more than deescalation ir peace. France for example just sent commando frogs (French seals) to detain a Russian oil tanker offshore. The gross ignorance of European leaders should be an eye opener for Americans that don't want to be dragged into the mass incineration party of thermonuclear or even tactical atomic warfare with or without beryllium coated radioactive pills.