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limitles
Also, a war of attrition is rhetoric. Ukraine never settles and they have the dream team backing them up.
Look at how serious most every significant country is in supporting Ukraine/making sure Russia is repelled.
Russia simply doesn't have what it takes defeat Ukraine and friends.
Russians pretty much know this already but you don't want to be the first to point it out.
Putin's days are numbered and no one is picking up where he leaves off.
He's dead
No effective navy or airforce (yet) and Ukraine steadily advances.
Russia has already defeated Ukraine. They took the russian populated eastern part of the country. They really don't care about the rest. Putin has actually taken it easy on Ukraine. He could have been much more brutal.
Putin is a very popular leader, polls over 80%, and the War is popular with the Russian people. They understand the danger of NATO on the Ukrainian border. How do you think Hitler got to Stalingrad?
Here's a study on whether Putin's popularity numbers with russian citizens are accurate:
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