leaving the Kremlin free to revive the conflict at a future time of its choosing.

I keep seeing this, and yet I have not ever had anyone explain to me why the fuck Russia would revive the conflict on a future date unless the west pulled some shit again. It's not as if the end of the conflict won't allow the west to rearm and prepare for war again. Why will time only benefit Russia here?

“Don’t believe the hype about them just throwing troops into the meat grinder to be slaughtered,” he added. “They do that too, of course — maximizing even more the impact of their superior numbers — but they also learn and refine.”

Is this ... holy shit. The war situation has gotten so bad, they are now toning down the Orientalism.