I won’t speak for speedy but I will speak for myself and say that I am deeply enjoying the clownshow of Russia destroying itself. And as Russia weakens itself and bleeds itself white on the steppes of Ukraine the Chinese are steadily building themselves up to invade and reconquer the Siberia that the Russians stole from them.
You are right that the Russians have shown the world that their conventional military was not the juggernaut that was once so feared. They have also demonstrated to the Chinese that they are unable to defend Siberia and their rich underpopulated Far Eastern/ Pacific territories. Without nuclear weapons Russia would be much smaller. Putin made a catastrophic strategic mistake invading Ukraine and he strengthened the globalists considerably.