He wants the whole coastline, so I'm not holding my breath.
Besides, if the war ends, then he has to deal with some pretty awful domestic issues, like the fact that he spent all of the pension money on bombs and oil revenues have collapsed.
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True. This is might an explanation, why Putin does not want peace, while not legitimating any action of Putin in anyway.
It's not like he can be removed from office, through a ballot. He'd have to retire or be incapacitated.
And how would he justify martial law, without a war?
But I think in a state like Russia, we know there is a lot of corruption. And it is obvious, that there are rich russians, which are willing to challange Putin. As last seen with Pirogin and Wagner marching towards Moscow. Maby there is no good free media to show the potential russian powers to replace putin. But I would be very surprised, when Pirogin was the last to contest him.
Since I assume the paranoia of Putin is not helping him to make friends easily. So it is a good setup for enemy alliances to strengthen within Russia.