How long Russia will last against NATO? Just look at Ukraine as an example, it manages to keep going for 4 years literally fueled only by the smile of Macron and US weapon supply. Imagine Russia in the same situation fighting for either life or death with full mobilization. People in Russia haven't sacrificed so far anything, sanctions did not work properly, everything got replaced and the life goes on like there is no war. It is not even feel serious for Russians where sacrifice and martyrs are literally the core of moral and religious virtue. The only way to finish the conflict is to escalate to this point, otherwise it feels like you went out to get wasted but had only one non-acoholic beer. Lets get shit going, the sooner it blows up the sooner it will end.