Isn't it the opposite when you're the aggressor? Isn't typically the question, have you won yet?
No sides choose, just based on the initial stated goals, this entire thing seems like a colossal failure and waste of life on all sides. It does not have to be one side won and one side lost. It can be a total failure, Ukraine having to give some territory but Russia getting far less than anticipated at a vastly higher cost and in a much longer timeframe.
You could say by definition someone has to be a winner, well the winner is probably the USA, China, India, Arab Nations, etc. Nothing like selling inflated priced assets, sure there's aid but how much of that just goes back to America via purchasing inflated assets and oil, how much additional military purchases are being made, etc. Arabs can sell more oil, China can purchase cheap oil off Russia and I am sure all sorts of natural resources from manufacturing minerals to coal. I know China wants Canadian coal right now so i'm sure its flowing from Russia.
Your winners are those not in direct conflict.
I've been posting / commenting on this conflict before the invasion (at the time of troops buildup / Russian ultimatum, December 2021) and have consistently stated there should've been negotiations back then which NATO refused. So I'm not shilling for one side or "winners". I'm merely posting in this topic because the OP (who's been shilling for more war and more escalation for years) has got it so wrong.
This conflict is all about geo-politics, all countries try to defend their interests down to the smallest third world shitholes fighting their wars over territorial issues or resources. To think that a nuclear power like Russia would not defend their interests is delusional. NATO / EU have a responsibility, they have expanded East for decades despite constant Russian protests (promises were made NATO would not expand East). When people call Russia the aggressor it simply shows that they don't understand what's going on here or are simply parroting Western MSM news outlets which look more like government mouthpieces than the independent news outlets they used to be.
Isn't it obvious that NATO and the EU thought there was something to win if Ukraine joined the EU and NATO? (strategically important and tons of juicy resources). You say it yourself, money / resources (and don't forget farmland). In short, geo-politics.