Originally Posted by
Ninthace
Deep strikes damaging Ukrainian infrastructure do not seem to be damaging the nation's resolve and I have no reason to believe that deep strikes into Russia would be any different. I cannot recall of a campaign where anything other than wholesale destruction, or the demonstrated prospect of wholesale destruction, has had a significant effect on the willingness of a people to continue a war.
In terms of effect, bleeding a nation of its young men and material, is more likely to bring on war weariness than direct attacks, which will only give a reason for resentment and a feeling that perhaps the losses were somehow justified after all.
It wouldn't be to 'damage their resolve', but to physically impact Russia's ability to wage the war on its current terms. The West has to change the narrative of the war, or else Putin will just sit back and lob missiles into Ukraine for longer than the West can maintain the supply of air defences.