The EU and NATO are voluntarily breaking away from dependence on Russia on many fronts as we speak.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine galvanized this process.
Peace would have been far less devastating to all the countries involved.
when will this be exactly?
Putin was living on borrowed time due to the move away from fossil fuels
and his main customers are now willing to pay more explictly not to use his exports
their military ambitions are now finished, permanently
I'd like to think that if Russia fails to subjugate and absorb Ukraine then it will put an end to Russian dreams of restoring empire, for at least one generation and perhaps for longer. Recalling Zbigniew Brzeziński "It cannot be stressed enough that without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire, but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire."
China will buy Russia's fossil fuels.