Disclaimer:
I think that actual military action takes place.
However, this war is clearly fake. I don't mean now that no tanks crossed the Russian-Ukraine border, but there are clear signs that it's all a theater that is orchestrated by globalist forces with Putin acting as a "bad guy". I know some people going back in history even centuries ago suspect the same thing about any war, but no war is a spontaneous impulse of a psychopathic maniac as they want us to believe. Putin is no angel, as an old KGB officer he and his oligarchs are basically mafia type of government. I don't think he is stupid, and since this war seems to be a stupid move overall, I think he got bribed to go ahead.
To discern the real goals of this war will be easy once it's over, because I am pretty sure that the plan is going on swimmingly, notwithstanding the stress on populace and massive hysteria. Talking about nuclear arms suggests that ramping up fear is one of the major goals, so congrats to everyone who didn't get spooked. Personally, I think it's all about money. War is a great excuse to print more money with abandon, crash the markets ("oops, guys, srsly we just wanted to punish this ebil Putin, we srsly didn't know it will incinerate global economy"), steal more money with insider knowledge.
Now Russia is also completely justified in the eyes of NPCs to launch a massive cyber-attack on US financial system for example (NPCs don't know that it's not an easy task, but they would be totally convinced, it's all because of these sanctions)
Basically, if I wanted to reshape world the way I want I would start a bogus war that supposedly destroys the previous order, and nobody would squeak a pip, because, well, I am on the right side of the history, amrite?