Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
What is the endgame here?<p>Russia is outclassed by NATO both economically and militarily.<p>If NATO intervenes economically, Russia will lose much.<p>If NATO intervenes militarily, Russia will lose much (but at great cost to NATO).<p>The risk of NATO intervention is high, right? Russia understood this before invading, right? So it seems Russia is accepting a high risk of loss.<p>But it doesn't make sense that a nation as sophisticated as Russia would accept such a high risk of loss. Which means that they might actually believe the risk of NATO intervention is low.<p>How could the risk be low without some kind of collusion or hidden knowledge (hidden from us common folk)? Are "they" ("the global elite", "the military industrial complex") all "in it" (profiting) together? Is Russia just suicidal? If (when?) Russia loses out, how do they react?