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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...