Putin’s or Biden’s war?

Does Russia want to begin, with Ukraine, in building her empire as the West argues, or is she responding to the West’s orchestration of an existential threat to her national security? Please click on the following link to watch an extremely interesting analysis of this (it starts at 9:26 of the video): https://youtu.be/yncEwbgKql0    

It is important to mention that Russia can’t lose on the battlefield. And should Russia perceive that she will lose,, Russia will use her nuclear weapons. So what would the West have won?

Will the West be happy winning ashes?