What about artillery attrition? Logistics in the rear? What’s the average time between Russians setting up an ammo depot and it getting blown to bits? Conscription getting riskier and riskier for Putin? How many reserves have the sides committed to the front?
Do you think you know the answer to any of these questions? I don’t see any sources. The bottom line is that Russia has shown the ability to hold its territory for quite some time.
Europe will continue support indefinitely
Lol let’s see if Europe’s support will last another winter of higher energy prices. The U.S. is the big spender, anyway.
…at a state where Russia, Russia, is importing metals from China
This paragraph is so mind-meltingly stupid I hardly know where to start.
Countries regularly import metals, metals, from other countries. That’s because whether to import is a business decision based on price, not whether you have domestic access to an item.
It is utterly preposterous to believe Russia is lacking workers. Soviet industrial capacity exploded during WWII, a far larger and more destructive war.