Is Facing A Demographic Crisis; Invades Russia

Knows the US proxy war will not continue if Trump wins in Nov.

Ukraine now has bargaining leverage in any peace talks. If Russia wants it territory back, it will have to give territory back to Ukraine.
Good move!

The area in which Ukraine seized is a major farming region. If the Russian don’t reclaim it or it gets destroyed, Russian will starve this winter. WW3 may indeed be on the horizon.