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Russia is a much bigger nation than Ukraine. Asking Ukrainians if they can defeat Russia is kind of a useless poll.
You're underestimating the difficulty in suppressing an insurgency. Even if the uniformed forces are defeated, that would only be the beginning of Russia's challenges in controlling that territory. For a recent example, review the US in Afghanistan. Thousands of lives, billions of dollars, and two decades only for things to revert exactly to what they were before. The US wasn't even trying to annex the territory, in the traditional sense.
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
Yeah, but that doesn't seem to be particularly helpful to them.