Should Russia go to war?

This essay is mainly just supposed to be on the current russia-ukraine crisis and whether or not russia should risk the consquences and go to war with Ukraine. Here is the essay prompt given by the teacher: Read the piece from Foreign Affairs and write a 2-page essay on what you think Russia should do (based on the reading, your knowledge and our class discussion) and on whether you agree that a war could potentially erode Putin’s support among Russians. Also, is approval really an issue for Putin? The link to the article that you have to read will be put below.