As if the gelatinous tub of whale meat has enough of an attention span to remain focused on an entire military campaign?

They are using the dissolution of the USSR as their model.

The current system transfers wealth upwards, but they will be happy to dismantle it if it means they can seize control of all the national infrastructure, resources, and the machinery of State directly and permanently.

Different?

Yeah. The ruling class, and the oligarchs who own them, have made it abundantly clear they will burn the whole system down rather than allow one of their own to be held accountable.

See also: Biden 2020/AG Garland