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I think Putin genuinely thought he was kicking off USSR 2, and that the decadent West was too divided and confused to stop him after two decades of his Loki-esque fuckery.
Unfortunately for him, he seems to have been poorly informed about the Russian and Ukranian armed forces’ relative abilities, NATO/‘the West’s willingness to stand up to him, and Ukrainian farmers’ yen for retro-Soviet lawn ornaments. Even worse, he seems not to have told any of his underlings that he wasn’t bluffing, and therefore nobody told him that an invasion would be disastrous.
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My understanding of politics/geo-politics is basic at best and usually follows what I see as logic/common sense. What on Earth can Russia possibly gain from this position (financial? Reputation? Influence (again for what?). Surely, if it's territory to exploit natural resources, this will pale into significance when considering the current financial losses and given decades of international sanctions they will be hit with. Is it simply one man's megalomaniacal dick-swinging or is there another belief different to mine that will give the Russian state/population tangible or even intangible benefit? Again, appreciate I might be completely naive, possibly insensitive but usually 'baddies' have a motive of some sort regardless of how frowned upon it is by others.