The Russians know this is a war of attrition and a marathon.
They are well aware that you cannot utilize all your forces as this will be a longer campaign and you need to rotate folks in and out.
They know they have other contingencies / threats, and they cannot burn certain resources or commit more than a certain troop level to Ukraine.
Nothing has ever stopped a Russian leader from throwing bodies at its enemies. With varying degrees of success. They do best, however when their backs are against the wall. As this is being fought on foreign soil they’re doing a mediocre job.
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“”The Russians know this is a war of attrition and a marathon.””
Just the opposite, they thought it would be simple and quick, which is why they were already lining up choice apartments in Kyiv before the attack.
Because Putin said so!
Regards,
No they don’t know that. It’ll get you thrown in jail in Russia if you use the term “War” to describe this “Special Military Operation”. They never intended for this “Special Military Operation” to last as long as it has. Some massive meatgrinders like Bakhmut have shown why War is such a horrible way to solve problems and why anyone who starts one will soon find out that they don’t get to decide when it ends. Russia never thought that Ukraine would be fully mobilized as a country for War like has happened. And what Ukraine doesn’t realize very well is that Russia is far from fully engaged in this conflict. If they poke Moscow/Putin too much then they risk escalation on the Russian side to be fully mobilized and engaged in All Out War where every possible weapon that anyone could think of using will be utilized by Russia.
I sincerely hope that Russia doesn’t go “All Out War”. There’s no telling where that would take this conflict if that were to happen. What would be better is to get the Russians and Ukrainians to have peace talks ASAP and to keep having them & for us to get some independent peacekeepers put into all of the disputed areas to have this conflict put on ice & give cooler heads a chance to prevail.
If Russia is only 3% “in” then it’s obvious that Ukraine cannot win unless Russia gives up. That’s why the outcome of this War for Ukraine depends upon them not provoking Russia into going “All Out War”. I know this sucks for anyone peace-loving and in favor of the Rule of Law & real freedom & human rights. But, that’s the situation now.
Russia still has to attack Israel in the Gog-Magog war.