My guess is that they are trying to put pressure on Putin to accept the crap deal Trump offered them. Putin already turned it down, because it was based on the outdated notion that the USA was still the lone superpower and could bully them. Third world immigration has made the USA a has been and we can no longer bully countries like Russia, Iran or China.I know they're trying to provoke WW3 before Trump arrives, but does this have any strategic objective? It's like trying to conquer a neighbouring street by throwing some bricks randomly at houses and leaving it at that. A pointless waste of resources. Meanwhile our pensioners are left to freeze to death. These people making such decisions will die and be judged. No wonder Jesus asked for the Father's forgiveness for those who crucified him.
It will likely backfire and strengthen the resolve of the Russian people into wanting a lot more in a deal for a ceasefire. If I was Putin, I would ask that Finland drop out of NATO, Ukraine can never be in NATO, they get to keep all the land they took, and the Biden admin team behind the killing of our men need to face war crimes, including Zelensky. I doubt Putin asks for this much, but I wish that he would.