Ukrainian government warned that this would be the case. Russia should be stopped. They are dangerous, everyone will suffer consequences if they are not stopped.
I fear their incompetence almost more than their malevolence. This is dangerous, but they cannot be stopped. This situation will just keep escalating unfortunately.
it's not even incompetence as much as a disregard for costs and consequences. prisoner dilemma doesn't work if one of the players' evaluation function is broken