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In that process they will have many casualties due to nature of frontline in Donbass (positional trench warfare). On the other hand they must answer the incursion in Kursk region, if they don't that may jeopardize the whole army in Kharkiv direction, because Belgorod is next ìf they don't...

I'd say if the Ukrainians can solidify advances and have enough operational reserves would be to strike Belgorod. Then Russian army at Kharkiv direction is doomed, with all transport hubs for its logistics lost.

I must add this, Arab armies are notorious for nepotism and inadequacy of command, so I'd like you to point to me a single instance when they won the war in modern times. True, that goes for Russia partially, but Russian military is much more credible threat.

Even with your numbers, Russia can't deploy more than 550-600 000 troops in the war, and this has shown so far that war is very unpopular among Russians themselves. And Ukrainians beat them multiple times (battle of Kyiv, battle of Kharkiv, battle of Kherson). Russian front is stretched thin as...

True, but that means Russia will fight to the end. Russians still dream of an empire, and without Ukraine they will never have an empire.

As far as I can tell Trump could be even more hawkish then current Biden administration. For Putin withdrawing from Ukraine would be a defeat, key reason Russia entered the war was to prevent Ukraine joining NATO.

Russia is about 146 million people and Ukraine about 47 million but that doesn't matter because armies are always much smaller, and you can't send draftees and policemen to fight in the frontlies. Armies fight, not the whole population. Also, Russian objective is not only Donbass region but...

The point is always in war to inflict more casualties on the enemy than casualties on own troops. So even in your scenario Ukraine would inflict more casualties to enemy side. If I may quote: Holding ground is non-essential in war (Von Manstein).

@TheInsider Why do you think so? In Kursk oblast Ukraine still wages war of maneuver with prospect of gaining all territory south of Seym river, now that the bridges over that river are destroyed and Kursk can no longer be transport hub for Russians on Kharkiv direction. In Donbass or Kherson...