Putin just trying to play out the clock on his little war until the Republicans retake the House and maybe the Senate and eventually Trump will be back in the White House in two years. First, Kevin McCarthy will stop all funding for Ukraine. That's all he can really do, but when the Republican take the White House in 2024 then that's when you'll see active support for Putin. Europeans won't step up to the plate like they need and eventually will cave because Putin has cut off their oil and gas and he'll roll back into Ukraine as they make a dirty deal with him to stay warm. The next couple of years are not going to be pretty either in the USA or in Ukraine.