WW3 was prophesied in the Bible, it must come to pass. It begins with prophesies on Russia rampaging, then expands into the Psalm 83 proxy war against Israel, Isaiah 17:1 will probably take place about the time of the rapture, and then we dive headlong into the Ezekiel 38 war which concludes with Armageddon.
So I don't credit Putin, or Trump or Biden or Zelensky, they are pawns in world events that have been unfolding for the last two thousand years.