Russia needs to not do the same: its plays so far have assumed that the US and Europe are not willing to sacrifice anything to help Ukraine, which has turned ou

Russia needs to not do the same: its plays so far have assumed that the US and Europe are not willing to sacrifice anything to help Ukraine, which has turned out to be false. It also remains to be seen whether Russians ability to suffer terrible conditions translates to effectiveness in an offensive war (especially worth considering that Ukraine's most recent offensive resulted in a rout of some of Russia's most elite soldiers). With the US specifically, it has a capability of sustaining an unpopular war where american soldiers are dying for a suprisingly long time. This is a war where no US soldiers are dying and there's is both tremendous popular and political support for continuing to support Ukraine from both sides of the political spectrum (which is getting very rare. Yes there are some voices spouting Russian propaganda but they seem to have little sway).