I do not believe the Russians can maintain the stalemate indefinitely with the limitless supply of advanced weaponry NATO will continue to supply. There will come a time, perhaps it has arrived, when Russia will capitulate or massively escalate. I don’t think it’s understood just how the Russians are going to react to the indictment of Trump. The Russians know as well as you and I that he is the hope to negotiate an end to this. That Soros action might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Well, that's certainly what one might assume here.
Either scenario is unlikely. Russia will have to give up some of its war aims, which now mainly seem to be reduced to keeping the parts of Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk it has grabbed since Feb 22 as well as Crimea. Ukraine will have to give up its goal of re-taking all of its pre-2014 territory. What's going on now are the battles to determine where the line will be drawn. Russia should get pushed back to approximately its Feb 22 lines so it gains nothing from its current war but gets recognition of its 2014 annexations. Ukraine gets real security guarantees and entrance to the EU.
“There will come a time, perhaps it has arrived, when Russia will capitulate or massively escalate.”
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This has been a very costly war on both sides. How much longer can Ukraine survive a battle of attrition?