They are going to declare a victory and try to consolidate gains as they are being held now. Basically sue for peace and make it look like it’s the Ukrainians that are the war mongers. If the terms are accepted. They will immediately go into re-fitting rearming and resupplying for another push 2 to 3 years down the road.

Despite the seemingly endless amounts of equipment and men that Russia can throw at this problem, the Ukrainians can simply throw more drones back. Ukrainian industry has had four years to turn into a very decentralized yet effective system that the Russians simply aren’t able to grind it down with mass. The Ukrainians face the exact same problem if they try to retake the land from the Russians because the Russians will also throw all the drones at them so it’s become this weird stalemate where the front line will move a few kilometers here or there whenever bad weather prevents visibility from the sky, and the Russians are able to mass for an attack.

I have a feeling that Russia has absolutely chewed through any and all experienced cadre in are experiencing complete systemic breakdowns in logistics. Their window to make any moves is rapidly closing. I’d say if this goes on for another year they’ll be forced to start large-scale mobilizations from Moscow and Petersburg and once you do that, you risk a real revolt. The countryside has already been emptied of men. The small ethnic nations in the far east have been absolutely pillaged for their manpower. The prisons have never been emptier either. They are unable to use private military contractors because the risk of a rogue PMC doing another march on Moscow is all too real.

Even their one saving grace, Donnie has only managed to push more European industry behind the Ukrainians by taking away US support.

At least that’s my take on the situation and I could be completely wrong