Russia's 3 day war is now a 3 year war
Sounds like desperation to me, a sabre rattling bluff. Have they even got the resources to fight until 2025 other than conscripts? In the last couple of weeks alone they’ve had to go cap in hand to North Korea for bullets, they had to suspend fuel exports this week in an attempt to avoid rationing in Russia, they’ve took a major hit to supply lines, they have a diminished ability to service equipment, they’re relying more and more on mothballed Cold War era equipment.
Couple that with Ukraine getting more and more sophisticated and accurate hardware (obviously because the the US wants to obliterate Ukraine) as witnessed with the attack on the Russian naval base in Crimea.