74% of Ukrainians support fighting Russia even without U.S. assistance. A significant majority—59% of respondents—also believe that Ukraine can defeat Russia on the battlefield
only 6% of respondents said they were willing to make territorial concessions regarding areas occupied by Russia after the full-scale invasion in 2022
Additionally, 70% of respondents are against lowering the mobilization age,
Original article is paywalled, quotes from https://ukrainetoday.org/74-of-ukrainians-ready-to-resist-russia-without-u-s-aid-support-zelenskyys-actions/
That’s an incredibly strange statement. Do you know just how poor large parts of Russia is? Area, sure. Economy, no. Educated people, no. Well trained military, no.
They had to go to North Korea for additional solders and ammo.
Ukraine wouldn’t of lasted more than a few days if they didn’t have help. If Russia wanted to wipe Ukraine off the map they could. However, I think they are avoiding a full fledged war which would involve a full draft. It takes a serious amount of resources to go to that level. Ukraine is well armed thanks to the west and it would be even more of a blood bath.
It would involve mass murder which would look even worse for Russia