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At the risk of posing a rhetorical question, what do the Russians stand to gain from continuing to fight this war?  They can lay waste to Ukrainian towns and kill Ukrainian people.  At a brobdingnagian cost to Russia.  But it does not seem like the Russians will net natural resources, intact cities, or anything else of value.

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At the risk of posing a rhetorical question, what do the Russians stand to gain from continuing to fight this war?  They can lay waste to Ukrainian towns and kill Ukrainian people.  At a brobdingnagian cost to Russia.  But it does not seem like the Russians will net natural resources, intact cities, or anything else of value.