OldArmy71 said:
I don't understand what you're trying to say. Can you just say it plainly?
I'm saying logically he shouldn't want to expand into more conflict when he is already locked into one he can't win currently.
But in the other hand, he actually COULD be looking to expand the conflict on purpose. The reasons for that could be one of a few but all are pretty bleak. Two easiest ones off top of head.
One, there is no denying any longer that Russia is in a wartime economy at this point. Now, whether it needs to stay that way to maintain the current "stability" as it were that Russia has economically and politically, is a massive debate in itself. Though on the surface it can be assumed that that the ruling class feels the need to keep it going to keep their power. More people dying for Russians oligarchs.
Two, expanding the war to NATO would allow Russia to unleash the full threatening of their arsenal. Meaning nukes. They can't beat Ukraine conventionally and they can't nuke them and have lost all prestige trying to do so. So by entering a true Cold War 2.0 they probably feel like they can get their might back on the political world stage.