Heard a great comment from a colleague yesterday. The US could give 2 shits if the Ukraine wins. Everyone knows they are the most corrupt nation in Europe. The US is happy top see Russia deplete its weapons stores, cause we are in the same boat. Can't fight both China and Russia at the same time.
My quibble with that argument is that Russia has more Nukes and more modern nukes than the USA. And so far Russia has not used any at all.
People forget history. Russia does not quit. They are Mongol people except in far west. In WW2 they lost 25M and kept fighting. They destroyed the Elite Troops of the German army that rolled over the French and British armies like shit through a goose.
The Germans handed the Brits their asses at the start of the WW2, shoved them right into the sea. They dropped everything and ran. The French actually saved them there at Dunkirk. The French fought like dogs to keep the Germans off the Brits until they could salvage their whipped BEF over 330,000 Brits with their tails between their legs. They would have been totally finished off by Hitler except for the USA.
Russia lost 25m and kept fighting, The USA and Allies lost about 1M.
History tells us so far nobody has defeated Russia in a land war, boots on the ground.
You would have to nuke them, which means we die too.