The longer it takes the better for Russia because they know Ukraine already lost, and all the bombs and shit the west have sent are destroyed. Even if US sends 60 billion to Ukraine it will only prolongs the suffering. EU officials are trapped in the narrative that Russia is weak and if they admit the failure they have to face responsabilities towards the member countries and its populations. Its a shitshow i know.Jesus...
Did you ever read "On The Beach"? Wonderful end of the world story set in my old home town of Melbourne. Aircraft with Egyption markings were sent to nuclear bomb the US and the retaliation of all concerned destroyed life in the norther hemisphere with the nuclear cloud slowly moving into the southern hemisphere.
This has all the hall marks.
From day 1 Russian 'losses' as reported have seemed to me to be terribly biased. To imagine a country as large as Russia with a population so many times the size with a corresponding increase in industrial capacity being pushed around by Ukraine is far fetched.
I think Russia has been very gentle with Ukraine and is simply bleeding it dry of men and material.
And US has the worst president in their history, he doesn't decide anything and step by step is dragging the northern hemisphere into total war.
Scary times indeed.