“Russia will take the entire country”
Seems like they tried.
After two years, and expending most of the old Soviet arsenal, are they now going to “take the gloves off”? Let the nukes fly?
After two years, That Russian hubris has become laughable.
The Russians liberated every inch of territory they intended to in this war by September, 2022.
The Russians repeatedly were willing to settle for a lot less -- in the Minsk Accords and in the peace negotiations in Turkey in 2022.
The only reason the war continues is because NATO and Ukraine are desperate to try to get territory back but that is absolutely impossible.