“The military has a term - “unacceptable losses”. They do not have to be final, fatal, “below zero”. Losses should be such that you say: well, no, this is too much, no more. We got involved with excitement in exchange of sanctions. Our opponents are almost entirely NATO, the EU, and the G7. Who is fighting on our side? How long will we be able to respond with blow to blow? battles are always a question of two things: a question of resources and a question of psychology.
Once upon a time, the Soviet Union opposed the West and also fought a race. The arms race, the space race, the struggle for spheres of influence around the world. But the Soviet Union was not only larger in territory."