Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for his own survival - The Washington Post

He doesn't know when to quit. Early on he could have quit and survived. Now he will lose and not survive unless there is a country that will accept him. North Korea?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/20/putin-czar-with-no-empire-needs-military-victory-his-own-survival/