Originally Posted by
Less Hair
This is what Russia tried to trigger several times, this almost WW3 like scenario. "We" against "NATO". I'd try to keep the cool. Don't support the "Russia is under threat" narrative. Let them face their inner chaos and power struggles instead. Then the long wait works against them.
Ukraine must be supplied as needed and everybody must be ready for a long war, WW1 style. Whatever Russia comes up with by spring must be met with the right responses.
I take your point, but in a long war I wonder who can replenish their stocks/sustain their losses better - Ukraine/the West or Russia. Certainly, replenishment of the stocks it has already given up to Ukraine doesn't seem to be too high on the West's agenda right now. I'd suggest we need to finish this sooner rather than later, and that only means a military defeat of Russia which can only come (IMO) with the provision to Ukraine of long-range weaponry.